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Keith Ferris’ The Clipper Arrives in Paradise takes top honors at ASAA competition
It is not too difficult to imagine the sting of the salt spray on […]
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B-17G at the Strategic Air & Space Museum
Displayed in a museum halfway between Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska, is probably one of […]
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Book Review: The Silverplate Bombers
The Silverplate Bombers by Richard H. Campbell, McFarland & Co., Jefferson, N.C., 2005, $45. […]
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Book Review: The India-Pakistan Air War of 1965
The India-Pakistan Air War of 1965 by P.V.S. Jagan Mohan and Samir Chopr, Manohar, […]
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James H. Kasler : the only man to earn three Air Force Crosses
Anyone awarded an Air Force Cross is by definition a hero, for that prestigious […]
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Flying Fortress Versus Liberator
There is no question that the Boeing B-17 had better press—and a better name— […]
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Ambush Over Magdeburg
Not until 49 years later did B-17 pilot ‘Woody’ Woodward learn why his 15th […]
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Leader from the Ranks: Ulrich Neckel
Starting out as a teenage noncommissioned officer, Ulrich Neckel rose to command two German fighter squadrons in World War I and earned the Blue Max.
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Build Your Own Butcherbird, the Fw-190A-4
In the early fall of 1941 pilots reported the first appearance of a new German fighter accompanying formations of Messerschmitt Me-109s over northern Europe.