Flying with skill and daring, the great ace Luftwaffe Eagle Johannes Steinhoff survived the war and a horrible accident, living into his 80s.
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Eddie Rickenbacker and Six Other People Survive a B-17 Crash and Three Weeks Lost in the Pacific Ocean
In the early days of World War II an amazing story of survival unfolded when American icon WWI ace Eddie Rickenbacker and six others were plucked out of the Pacific some three weeks after their B-17 crashed into the sea.
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World War II: Soviet and Japanese Forces Battle at Khalkhin Gol
The undeclared conflict between the Soviet Union and Imperial Japan at Khalkhin Gol cast a long shadow on subsequent events in the Pacific theater and on the Russian Front.
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Picture of the Day: August 20
Captain Hawks Travel Air On August 13, 1930, Captain Frank M. Hawks, superintendent of […]
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Picture of the Day: February 25
Jackie Cochran and the Origin of the WASPs It took three years for pilot […]
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The First Airplane Fatality
When a plane piloted by Orville Wright in 1908 crashed during a test flight, the result proved disastrous, especially for Wright’s passenger, Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge.
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Book Review: Stalin’s Eagles / An Illustrated Study of the Soviet Aces of World War II and Korea
More than 50 years after World War II, the fall of the Soviet Union has brought information to light about its fighter aces.
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Book Review: Swastika in the Gunsight / Memoirs of a Russian Fighter Pilot, 1941-43
Swastika in the Gunsight: Memoirs of a Russian Fighter Pilot, 1941-43, by Igor Kaberov, […]
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Book Review: Fort McHenry (Scott Sheads) : MH
Fort McHenryby Scott Sheads, The Nautical and Aviation Publishing Company of America, Baltimore, Md., […]
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Book Review: United States Air Force in Southeast Asia 1961-1973
A quarter-century in the writing, the official armed forces histories of the war are finally nearing completion.