Yes, definitely "Diamond Lil". Bird-cage nosed B-24D's saw combat but carried high mounted pitot tubes which 'Lil" is missing. Nose turrets...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] The Swoose in the restoration hanger at the Air Force Museum, 2014. [ATTACH] It was sitting behind Memphis Belle that was...
Racy Tomato was lost on its 59th mission with the Frederick Orchard crew aboard. The crew turned back just prior to the target with the #2 engine...
The photo above of the medal award is most likely for the Distinguished Flying Cross awarded Albert Isaacs for the 16 June 1944 mission to...
Do you have any photos from your grandfather's service?
[ATTACH] Racy Tomato with an escort of 31st FG P-51's, fall of '44.
I second Clear the Bridge as well as O'Kane's Wahoo. Clay Blair's Silent Victory is the go-to reference for US submarine operations Silent Running...
H2X radar was used as a supplement to navigation in Europe also. The Radar Observer's Bombardment Information File is among the collection at the...
Anyone not familiar with the story of the USS Johnston should read "The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors".
The Tin Man [ATTACH] Jack Haley brought his USO show to Grottaglie, Italy on 13 August 1944. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Of greater interest to the...
[ATTACH] The afore-mentioned Jimmy Stewart receiving the Air Medal. He later received the Distinguished Flying Cross. Among his duties in the...
[ATTACH] Major Glenn Miller. Killed when the UC-64 Norseman he was in disappeared over the English Channel
[ATTACH] Captain Clark Gable with Lt. Col. Robert Burns after his fifth mission as combat photographer.
These days its sometimes the box office...
Aldrin was titled the Lunar Module Pilot because none of the alpha type astronauts wanted to be called a co-pilot, but in reality, that's what he...
[ATTACH] 42-28647, "Dragon Lady" crash landed after being hit by flak over Wiener-Neustadt. John Olson crew aided by Partisans evaded and...
I spoke with a co-pilot who described a shell passing through the fuselage without exploding. His comment: "that one frayed my pucker string".
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[ATTACH] Consolidated XPB2Y-1 Coronado, San Diego, Spring 1938. Originally flew with a single vertical stabilizer, it exhibited stability issues...
Richard Barrett flew 33 missions between 8 FEB 45 and 25 APR 45, most as part of the Charles Murch crew. Murch Crew | 449th Bomb Group
