During the Battle of Midway, a crippled U.S. Army B-26 bomber flew so close over Japan’s flagship Akagi that its crew ...
Correspondent photo / Maurita Hoffman George Lutza, 99, of Youngstown, served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was trained as an aviation machinist. YOUNGSTOWN — George Lutza grew up on the ...
Key Points - The USS United States (CVA-58) was a post-WWII "supercarrier" designed to be a sea-based platform for heavy, nuclear-armed bombers, giving the Navy a key role in strategic deterrence.
Pilot John Leppla, right, was a WWII Navy ace, credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and declared Missing in Action. (U.S. Navy/National Archives) ...
Hidden away on an abandoned French airfield, we uncovered decaying Navy bombers - relics of a forgotten military past. These aircraft once represented strength and strategy, now left in eerie silence ...