Polish airmen fought valiantly against marauding Messerschmitts during the Battle of Britain, only to see their contributions largely ignored at war’s end as Poland was absorbed into the Communist bloc.
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Georges Guynemer: France’s World War I Ace Pilot
Georges Guynemer was only France’s second-ranking ace of World War I, but he remains the most famous of them all.
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How Captain James Jabara Became the First American Ace of the Korean War
Captain James Jabara became the first American ace in Korea when he turned his fifth MiG into a ‘whirl of fire’…and he had only just begun. Before he was done, he would record 15 ‘kills.’
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The Rise and Fall of America’s Top P-51 Mustang Ace
With 27 1/2 confirmed aerial kills, George Preddy—the top-scoring Mustang ace of World War II—was undefeated until he ran into friendly fire on Christmas Day during the 1944 Ardennes offensive.
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Frank Hawks: The Legendary Speed Flying King
Frank Hawks was over the Pacific Ocean in a tropical storm at 18,000 feet when the engine of the prototype Northrop Gamma 2-E dive bomber he was piloting coughed and suddenly stopped running.
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Zeppelin World Cruise: Globe Trotting Leviathan
Graf Zeppelin‘s epic around-the-world flight was a mixed experience for passengers and crew alike — but the airship would go on to log more than 1 million miles.
By Eric Niderost
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USS Shenandoah’s Last Flight
Captain and crew struggled valiantly to keep the giant dirigible on course and airborne in a violent Midwestern storm.
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World War II: Cutting General Erwin Rommel’s Aerial Lifeline to North Africa
Keeping the famed Afrika Korps supplied during its desert blitzkrieg was a logistical nightmare for the German high command. Allied forces were determined to deny Field Marshal Albert Kesselring’s fleet of huge transport planes access to North Africa.
By Vincent Cortright
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World War II: 40th Bomb Group
The 40th Bomb Group tamed America’s biggest and deadliest bombers of World War II — the Boeing B-29 Superfortresses — to help subdue the Japanese.
By Daniel Wyatt
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Japan’s Fatally Flawed Air Forces in World War II
World War II in the Pacific was a fight to seize and defend airfields. […]