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I was shot down, escaped PoW camp & fought for Russians… I’d do it all again, says pilot, 100, teaching kids about WW2
FIGHTER pilot Joe Peterburs had to wait 80 years to complete his 50th wartime mission. His first attempt was in April 1945 ...
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Ronnie Scott, World War II Spitfire Pilot, Dies at 107
Ronnie Scott didn’t see frontline combat but still contributed to the war effort as an instructor pilot. World War II pilots ...
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Carrots Can’t Help You See in the Dark. Here’s How a World War II Propaganda Campaign Popularized the Myth
The British government claimed that eating carrots helped its fighter pilots shoot down German planes at night. In truth, the ...
US WW2 fighter pilot returns to skies in Mustang
A World War Two American fighter pilot has been surprised with a flight in a Mustang aeroplane 80 years to the day after he ...
The Associated Press on MSN13d
Why a U.S. Navy captain ordered a military funeral for a kamikaze pilot during WWII's Battle of Okinawa
A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a ... marking one of the more unusual and ...