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P-40 Warhawk pilot accounted for from World War II RADIO.COM 3 hrs ago © Provided by RADIO.COM P-40 Warhawk pilot accounted for from World War II The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Robert Parker, 23, of Lansing, Michigan, killed during World War II, was accounted for March 9, 2021. In November 1943, Parker was a pilot assigned to the 35th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Group. On Nov. 15, he was piloting a P-40N Warhawk fighter on a...

Idaho Sweeps Top Honors During Hawgsmoke 2021 Photo By Master Sgt. Becky Vanshur | Idaho National Guard A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots and their crews come home to Boise as...... read moreread more Photo By Master Sgt. Becky Vanshur | Idaho National Guard A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots and their crews come home to Boise as the 2021 Hawgsmoke Overall Team champions. The Hawgsmoke is a biennial aerial compet...

And this Monday, he’ll have even more reason than usual to display it. A decorated Air Force colonel who flew with the famed Flying Tigers in World War II, Miller will celebrate a milestone birthday — his 101st. A party will be held for him Monday in the dining room of Legend at Southern Hills retirement facility, where he lives. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Miller missed out on a party for his 100th birthday last year, said his daughter, Billie Kurth. “Our family was able t...

Both veterans flew combat missions over the beaches of Normandy during the D-Day invasion, June 6, 1944. At Sun ‘n Fun, Hallett of Leesburg and Jenner, who lives in Orlando, shared some of their memories of their missions and service. Hallett was the featured guest on the satellite broadcast system television show “Florida Aviation Network,” recorded at the Sun ‘n Fun studio that promotes aviation and aviation history. Prior to airing, Jenner said that during the war, he was a gunner o...

Dorsets lost and abandoned RAF bases where pilots never returned DESPITE not having an airbase in Dorset any longer, at one point in history the county had numerous RAF stations to be proud of.  We no longer have any military air bases in use in Dorset but once upon a time the county had a hub of Royal Air Force stations.  Over the years the countys RAF bases have closed and become abandoned or forgotten for numerous reasons, from being no longer needed after the war to simply changing lo...

Wallace Lee Starwalt Wallace Lee Starwalt of Dunkirk, N.Y. passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, March 12 with his wife, daughter, and three granddaughters by his side. Born on Dec. 1, 1929 in Coles County, Illinois, Wallace was the son of the late Frank and Clarissa (Carpenter) Starwalt. He had a younger brother, Philip Dean, and an unborn sibling who both perished in a tragic house fire in 1938 along with his mother. He attended rural schools until the 8th grade, and then Hindsboro El...

A reporter for The Paris News in the early 1940s, Marianne Sluder McWherter, who turned 100 on Saturday, likes to talk about her years in Paris, and the man she

March 12, 2021 Col. Benjamin O. Davis (left), commanding officer of the 332nd Fighter Group, and Edward C. Gleed, group operations officer, stand in front of a plane in Ramitelli, Italy, in March 1945. Toni Frissell, Library of Congress // No Known Restrictions on Publication The first Black pilots to serve in the United States military—along with the navigators, mechanics, instructors, and other personnel who supported them—are today remembered as the Tuskegee Airmen. Established in 1941, ...

How a Missouri native became a top fighter ace during World War II     PERRY COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV ) — The family of Missouri’s top World War II fighter pilot ace is making sure everyone hears his story through a new book, all about Raymond Littge’s life and military service. “He destroyed 23.5 airplanes, 10.5 aerial kills out of those,” said Don Littge, Raymond’s nephew. “He flew missions just like everybody else on the toughest days of the year and came back and to see wha...

To send a link to this page you must be logged in. T.11 G-VTII is the sole RAF Vampire still flying Words: Keith Wilson Have you been to England’s de Havilland museum yet? If not, you need to. For a nice day out, start with breakfast at the Ace Cafe on the North Circular−the original ring road around London. It’s the place where café-racer motorbikes got their name in the ’50s (bikers racing from one cafe to another.) Then proceed north to the London Colney intersection of the M25. Si...