Missing in Action since 1944, New York City B-17G pilot will be laid to rest this week at the national cemetery in Bucks ...
Neel Kearby became a hardcore “believer” in the P-47 and devoted himself to developing a doctrine for making the most of the ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A World War II veteran from Adams, believed to be America’s last surviving “ace” pilot, has died at age 103. Don McPherson served as a Navy fighter pilot in the Pacific Theater ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The remains of a U.S. Navy Reserve fighter pilot from Detroit who died as World War II was coming to a close have been identified and interred back in his home state. The ...
The Second Sino-Japanese war, that waged over China from 1937 to 1945, was the gruesome climax of Sino-Japanese hostilities ...
It was supposed to be a routine mission. On April 10, 1944, Maj. Donald K. Willis, flying with the 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, was tasked with escorting an Allied bombing run on a Nazi ...
The inspiration for this article came from an April 21, 2025, piece by guest author Kevin Wilkins for Vintage Aviation News titled “The American Airfields Where British Pilots Learned to Fly.” To wit: ...
For more than 80 years, a Savannah family believed their uncle, Second Lt. Marion “Don” Zipperer, was killed in Italy during World War II. But thanks to a French historian’s research, they’ve learned ...
Mcpherson was believed to be the last surviving WWII ace. (Navy) Amid the 80th anniversary of World War II’s end comes the death of what is believed to be America’s last surviving ace, Don McPherson.