The Fate of Erwin Rommel’s Family After the Fall of Nazi Germany-ZZ
Every year, millions of people walk through an airport named Raml, not the Nazi field marshall, his son. Because while most families connected to the…
Read moreJapanese Couldn’t Believe This Pilot Survived 73 Bullet Holes — Then He Flew 200 Miles Home-ZZ
At 6:02 on the morning of June 4th, 1942, Enson Albert Kyle Ernest sat in the cockpit of a Grumman TBF-1 Avenger on Midway Island,…
Read moreThey Could Have Landed Safely — Instead They Flew Their Burning B-24 Into the Target\-ZZ
At 6:47 a.m. on August 1st, 1943, Lieutenant Colonel Addison Baker and Major John Gerstad climbed into B24 Liberator Hell’s Wench at Benghazi airfield in…
Read moreJapanese Couldn’t Believe This Shot-Up B-25 Sank 2 Ships — Then Saved His Squadron-ZZ
At 06:45 a.m. on November 2nd, 1943, Major Raymond Wilkins led eight B-25s toward Rabul as radar detected his formation. He was 26 years old…
Read moreGerman Pilots Laughed at This “Useless” P-47 — Until It Destroyed 39 Fighters in One Month-ZZ
At 0700 on October 4th, 1943, Colonel Hubert Zmpy stood on the hard stand at RAF Hailworth watching mechanics fuel 52 Republic P47 Thunderbolts for…
Read moreGermans Couldn’t Believe 200 Bullets Didn’t Kill This P-47 — So The Ace Saluted and Left\-ZZ
At 6:47 p.m. on June 26th, 1943, Lieutenant Robert S. Johnson felt his Republic P47 Thunderbolt shudder as 20 millimeter cannon shells tore through the…
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