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ArticleA BOMBER CREW BEATS THE ODDS
ArticleRescue Cats
PBY Catalina crews save airmen from hostile seas “TO A COLD, WET AND HUNGRY AIRMAN, sitting in a rubber dinghy in enemy waters, 600 miles from the nearest friendly base and 600 yards from the nearest enemy installation, the PBY is a...
ArticleA Roll of the Dice
A lucky Liberator crew survives WHEN ALLIED AIRMEN strapped on their aircraft for a combat mission during World War II, especially when piloting a heavy bomber like the B-24 Liberator over the vastness of the Pacific Ocean, the situation...
ArticleDesperate Fight!
French fighters of WW II HISTORY HAS A WAY OF REWRITING ITSELF. If there is any lingering doubt, look no further than the record of the French Air Force in World War II. In the wake of a shattering defeat at the hands of Germany’s Luftwaffe in...
ArticleNo Man Left Behind
Saving the crew of a downed CH-53 “WHEN I GLANCED TO THE RIGHT, I saw a smoke trail coming up the river, 90 degrees to my flight path and holding steady at my altitude of about 100 feet. As it approached, I could clearly see the missile and...