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Memorial Day’s approach renews focus on Georgia WWII unit Mighty Eighth by   U.S. Marines with 6th Marine Corps District pose for a group photo next to the "City of Savannah" Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress on display at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Pooler, Georgia on June 5, 2020. (Jack Rigsby/U.S. Marine Corps) (Tribune News Service) — My grandfather never liked to talk about his World War II military service. Others in the family knew the basic details. He was an enlisted ...

It is reported that they unleashed 697,000 tonnes of bombs.  They were also known as the Eighth Air Force’s 100th Bomb Group, or the Bloody 100th, so-called because of a reputation for losing a high number aircraft and crews.  Where is it being filmed?   Despite being set in Norfolk, the series is not being filmed in the county. Filming is currently taking place in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.   It was also reported by the Daily Mail that an air base set has been erected on the s...

Masters Of The Air Has Finally Started Production Masters Of The Air Has Finally Started Production “Masters of the Air,” the third installment of the Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks-led trilogy that includes “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific,” has officially begun filming, according to an Instagram post from director Cary Fukunaga. The development of the miniseries, which includes production costs that could exceed $200 million, was originally confirmed by HBO in January 2013, but...

By Kevin “K5” Michels, edited by Stephen Chapis Texas Raiders, Kevin “K5” Michels recently submitted another excellent article that detailed the history behind the famous one-wheel pass performed by  Texas Raiders at air shows across the country. Donning his distinctive flat-brim straw hat, an otherwise non-descript elderly man would leave his home for a daily 5-mile walk, telling his beloved wife that he was “going out to chase girls”.  He would return four hours later.  Not b...