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The U-505 was a German Type IXC submarine known to be one of the unluckiest U-boats during World War II. Read on to learn more.

John Willys was an vehicle pioneer. Read about his story in this FreightWaves Classics article.

On July 15, 1942, a formation of six Lockheed P-38s and two B-17s from the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) were making their way across the northern Atlantic Ocean heading for Great Britain.[1] Using the call sign Tomcat Flight, the small P-38 fighters were escorted by the larger B-17 bombers that had a dedicated navigator and a radio operator on board shepherding their “little friends” on the long journey. While this area of the globe is known for its fickle weather, the summer months were gener...

Just before midnight on 7 December 1941, Flying Officer Peter Gibbes stepped off the train at Kota Bharu on the coast of northeast Malaya after a long, tiring journey up the peninsula from Singapore. Gibbes, an airline pilot in peacetime, had been newly posted to the Royal Australian Air Force’s 1 Squadron, which in the ensuing hours would become the first Australian military unit to see action in the Pacific War. Soon after he headed for bed at the officer’s mess at Kota Bharu airfield, th...

RAAF Re-Establishes No. 100 Squadron as Air Force Heritage Squadron RAAF Re-Establishes No. 100 Squadron as Air Force Heritage Squadron In a landmark deal, the Royal Australian Air Force received the ownership of eleven airworthy warbirds from the Temora Aviation Museum in a formal handover ceremony that took place on July 1st. This gift includes these two Spitfires as seen in the air at Temora last year. (photo by Phil Buckley) PRESS RELEASE – The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) No. 100 ...

57 nights of bombing, and then came 15th september, a crucial moment when two massive attacks by the german air force were successfully defended by the british royal air force. but it was not without significant losses. 1,497 pilots and aircrew died during it. it was the battle about which winston churchill famously said, "never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few". and the names of those who fought and died will, as they have been over the decades, honoured...

Its wing span was more than a hundred feet wide. it could fly faster than previous bombers, it could fly further. it could hold tons more bombs than the army had been able to put in a plane like this before. but on october 30th, that boeing test model number 299, the 299 had an ace test pilot named ployer peter hill at the controls. it was being evaluated by the army to see if they were going to invest in this huge, amazing new plane that could do so much more than any other bomber had before. a...

To get that contract. boeing was almost kaput as a company at that point. they basically bet the whole future of their company on trying to win this army air corps contract. and what they built was a whole new approach. instead of two engines, it had four. it was huge. its wing spand was more than a hundred feet wide. it could fly faster than previous bombers, it could fly further. it could hold tons more bombs than the army had been able to put in a plane like this before. but on october 30th, ...