On April 21, 1945, the B-24 Liberator "Black Cat" embarked on its final mission, only to be shot down near Regensburg, ...

The NASM (National Air and Space Museum) is a Smithsonian Institute museum dedicated to the history and technology of ...

Can you imagine an 1,100-pound unexploded bomb being unearthed by construction crews breaking ground on a Manhattan ...

In WW2, the British made destroying German dams a key strategic target ... they needed a special plane to deliver the payload: the Lancaster Bomber. Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content Licensing ...

Harold "Bud" Pressel was injured when he bailed from his B-24 after it was struck by flak over enemy lines in 1944. He's ...

Three U.S. airmen disappeared after bailing out of a burning B-17 over Germany 80 years ago. An Offutt recovery team ...

The Lancaster Bomber carried out daring missions ... VE Day or Victory in Europe Day was on 8 May 1945, following Germany's surrender in WW2. But how did Britain plan for one of the greatest ...

Julia Maruca Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023 7:52 p.m. | Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023 7:52 p.m. Among the trees of a national forest park near Frankfurt, Germany ... a World War II bomber crash site.

Off the southern tip of Sicily, divers discovered the remains of a WWII plane and were able ... was a KG 54 (Kampfgeschwader, meaning German air force bomber unit), and it took off from Sicily ...