Heavy bombing had always been part of the Allies’ plans, but less thought had been given to close air support of the army. All that changed in the summer of 1942.
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Devyatayev’s Flight: A Russian POW stole a German bomber and lived to tell the tale
A daring Russian fighter pilot faced perils from friend and foe when he decided to escape a concentration camp in a German Heinkel 111 bomber.
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Mystery of the Tuskegee Top Guns’ Missing Trophy
After a group of Tuskegee pilots win a 1949 Air Force competition, their trophy mysteriously goes missing. Was it a military screw-up or racial animus?
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The Somers Mutiny: Justice From the Yardarms
In 1842 the captain of the brig USS Somers hanged three of his sailors for having plotted a mutiny—but had they?
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Stone Savers: How a Two Man Team is Restoring Damaged Civil War Monuments
Scott Halverson and Margaret Moore, partners in Minneapolis-based Northern Stone Carving LLC, have overcome […]
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Britain’s Secret Weapon: The 13-Year-Old Schoolgirl Who Helped Win the Battle of Britain
The Luftwaffe met their match with the teenage Hazel Hill
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Book Review: Empires of the Sky
Alexander Rose touches on the WWI zeppelin raids and how manned flight became a big business in the early 20th century
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Under the Hammer: Charles Martel
Surging across the Pyrenees in the 7th century, Muslims faced an immovable Frankish foe in Charles Martel
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Flying on the Edge: Alaska’s Legendary Bush Pilots
Legends are sparked by unbelievable deeds. So it was for Alaskan bush pilot Bob Reeve when he asked a group of mountaineers to push his airplane into position so he could take off from a cliff.
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A New Kind of Firepower that Gave Union Soldiers a Fearsome Edge
Christopher Spencer’s seven-shot repeating rifle gave Union forces in the Civil War a fearsome edge against their Confederate enemies.