Tag: World War II

70 Years After WWII a Son Pays Tribute to His Father and the Greatest Generation

Nearly 70 years after airman Merrel L. Duncan from Dundee, Minnesota survived 30 hazardous missions…

Niagara Aerospace Museum Builds its Collection

The Niagara Aerospace Museum has recently relocated to a new facility within a former terminal…

RAF Museum Dornier Do 17 Restoration Getting Underway

It's just been a couple of months since what is believed to be the last…

Necessity Is The Mother of Invention: Paper Drop Tanks of WWII

Faced with wartime metal shortages, and a need to extend the range of fighter craft…

Air Zoo to Restore Lake Michigan-Retrieved FM-2 Wildcat

We've been following the story of General Motors-built FM-2 Wildcat BuNo 57039, that was lost…

Spitfire Fly-Over Honors Tony Gaze, Australian WWII Ace

Temora Aviation Museum's Spitfire Mk VIII flew over a memorial service held in the Geelong…

National Naval Aviation Museum Releases a New Book Documenting its Collection of Warbirds

In conjunction with the celebration of it's 50th Anniversary, the National Naval Aviation Museum has…

Long Island, New York’s Cradle of Aviation Museum Celebrates the Rich Heritage of the Region

When one mentions Long Island, New York (or Lawnguylind, NooYawk in the local dialect), guaranteed…

A Downed Allied Pilot, the French Resistance and the Exhumation of his P-38 After Seven Decades

In the summer of 1944, the skies above the French region of Picardy were the…

WWII Veteran Aviator Bill Overstreet and His P-51 Mustang, “Berlin Express”

We had the pleasure of speaking at length with World War Two aviator, William B."Bill"…