Born in Dublin in 1919, he joined the RAF the year before the Second World War and was one of the youngest pilots in the Battle ... referred to himself as the ‘Lucky Irishman’, a man simply ...

Pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille whose names ... His grandfather flew as a radio operator/gunner in TBM Avengers in World War II. And his great grandfather was James Norman Hall, one of the ...

In “Spitfires” by Becky Aikman, the saga of wartime American women pilots comes vividly to life.

Mr. Sybiha is the foreign minister of Ukraine. Thursday is the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. As leaders of countries that suffered greatly during and after the war ...

Legend had it that Dorothy Furey was the daughter of a wealthy banana importer. Legend had it that her family lost a fortune ...

History is seldom tidy. Eras overlap and unfinished business from one period lingers into the next. World War II was a war like no other in the magnitude of its effects on the lives of people and the ...

Hardly any other country marks the end of World War II with the same fanfare and fervor as Russia, for which the victory over Nazi Germany 80 years ago remains a source of immense pride and a ...

President Donald Trump continued his inaccurate insistence Wednesday that World War II ended for the U.S. on May 8, 1945, when Nazi Germany capitulated. That date, however, precedes an additional ...

Ronnie Scott didn’t see frontline combat but still contributed to the war effort as an instructor pilot. World War II pilots (and WWII veterans in general) are a dying breed. All too often in ...

European countries, including Germany, are commemorating the end of World War II on the continent. Europe's deadliest war came to an end 80 years ago. Ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of ...