On the morning of Aug. 9, 1945, Capt. Skip Thrune was piloting a B- 25 bomber on a decoy mission about 20 miles south of Nagasaki, Japan, when he turned the aircraft north and saw an enormous mushroom ...

A historic map used in the Dambusters mission during World War Two is set to go up for auction. The map was handed to ...

There are famous last words and last rites. There’s even a new book out on last meals. But for a rapidly dwindling group of World War II veterans, what matters most right now is the last reunion. The ...

The UK's last flying Lancaster bomber is to undergo months of maintenance meaning it will not feature in air displays next year. The Avro Lancaster PA474 is based at the Battle of Britain Memorial ...

GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — After months of work to replace an engine on a historic plane, crew members on Monday prepared to take the World War II bomber out for its first flight of the year. The ...

The Italian village of Ronzo di Chienis will be honoring a pair of B-25 Mitchell (shown above) after they were killed in the line of duty, during the closing months of World War II. Earl Remmel and ...

The funeral for the man believed to have been the last surviving World War Two Bomber Command pilot has been held in Kent. Wing Commander Jack Harris, who carried out 37 raids with 550 Squadron ...

Under the haunting glow of a pale moon, the massive Vickers Wellington Bomber from the 75th Squadron ascended over the Zuider Zee on the Dutch shoreline, hastening homeward after a triumphant raid on ...

With its flat land and huge skies Cambridgeshire was an obvious choice for airfields with 30 RAF bases and stations once peppered across the county. However, after the war ended most of these were ...

Christopher Blount at Biggin Hill in 1954, helping the Queen to present the Esher Trophy - ANL/Shutterstock Squadron Leader Christopher Blount, who has died aged 99, commanded an RAF jet bomber ...