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Broke Marine Pilot Resigned in Disgrace Then Shot Down 28 Planes Became Top Ace
January 3rd, 1944. I think I am 12,000 ft above Rabol Harbor, New Britain. Gregory Boon pulled his F4U Corsair into a steep dive below…
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Japanese Pilots Couldn’t Believe the Corsair’s 2,380 HP Engine Killed 2,140 Zeros in 18 Months
The morning of February 15th, 1943, above Guadal Canal’s humid skies, Lieutenant Sakai Saburo banked his Mitsubishi A6M0 through scattered clouds at 14,000 ft. He…
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How One Mechanic’s “Stupid” Cow Paint Job Made His B-17 Unkillable
At 0600 on June 8th, 1944, Technical Sergeant Robert E. Orlowski crouched beneath the left wing of a B17G Flying Fortress at RAF Rattlesden, watching…
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Japanese Pilots Laughed at the F4U Corsair, Until Its Guns Converged at 1,000 Feet for Perfect Kills
September 18th, 1943. Solomon Islands. The Marine pilot from Ohio watched the Japanese Zero pull into a vertical climb and knew he was dead. His…
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When Germans Cut His B-17 in Half at 24,000 Feet — He Kept Shooting All the Way Down
At on the morning of November 29th, 1943, Staff Sergeant Eugene Moran knelt in the tail section of a B7 flying fortress named Ricky Tikitabi,…
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Japanese Couldn’t Believe What This 22-Year-Old Did — Until 7 Bombers Fell in 15 Minutes
At a.m. on April 7th, 1943, First Lieutenant James Sweat saw 150 Japanese aircraft approaching Guadal Canal. He was 22 years old with 197 flight…
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German Ace Returned to Base and Discovered 5,000 Luftwaffe Planes Destroyed in Just 7 Days
January 15th, 1945. Eric Hartman, the Luftvafa’s greatest fighter pilot with 352 confirmed aerial victories, more than any pilot in human history, was returning to…
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Patton Crossed 100 Miles in 48 Hours to Save Bastogne | German General Couldn’t Believe It
December 22nd, 1944, 1447 hours, 6 km south of Bastonia, General Major Hines Cockott stood in the turret of his command halftrack and raised his…
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800 P-51 Mustangs Over Berlin – The Moment German General Knew Germany Lost | March 6, 1944
March 6th, 1944. Shortly after noon, General Adolf Galland stood in the operations room at Luftvafa headquarters in Berlin, watching radar screens flicker with incoming…
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Japan Was Shocked When 400 Planes Vanished in a Single Day
Japan was shocked when 400 planes vanished in a single day. Four hundred aircraft launched into the Pacific sky—only a handful returned. What happened on…
- SS Officer Vanished To South America — Generations Later, His Jungle Hideout Was Finally Found
In 1945, as Berlin burned, one man simply disappeared while Allied forces closed in and… Read more: SS Officer Vanished To South America — Generations Later, His Jungle Hideout Was Finally Found - “Remove Your Bra But Keep Everything Else” — The Command That Left German Women POWs Confused
Remove your bra. Keep everything else on. The translator repeats it slowly like she misheard,… Read more: “Remove Your Bra But Keep Everything Else” — The Command That Left German Women POWs Confused - You Will Share This Bed With Us — The Unimaginable Command That Shocked Japanese Women POWs
The fan wasn’t working. Heat clung to the canvas walls like wet cloth. In a… Read more: You Will Share This Bed With Us — The Unimaginable Command That Shocked Japanese Women POWs - German General Vanished in 1944 — 81 Years Later His Hidden Forest Bunker Was Discovered by Accident
Two men walk into a forest in eastern Poland, carrying metal detectors and shovels. They’re… Read more: German General Vanished in 1944 — 81 Years Later His Hidden Forest Bunker Was Discovered by Accident - German General Vanished in 1944 — 81 Years Later His Hidden Forest Base Was Discovered by Accident
A forestry worker in rural Poland is mapping storm damage when his boot hits something… Read more: German General Vanished in 1944 — 81 Years Later His Hidden Forest Base Was Discovered by Accident - “Lower Your Shoulder Straps for Inspection” — What Officer Did Next Made Japanese Women POWs Go Numb
Lower your shoulder straps. Six words. 43 women stop breathing. The canvas tent flaps hard… Read more: “Lower Your Shoulder Straps for Inspection” — What Officer Did Next Made Japanese Women POWs Go Numb