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The P-51 Mustang and the man who won the World War II air war with it
It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...
Chip Chick on MSN7d
During World War II, The British Built Decoy Sites To Mislead German Bombers
Three Allied aerial bombing decoy sites from World War II were recently investigated, uncovering significant variations in ...
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B-17 Flying Fortress: The Bomber That Won World War II
Service History: The B-17 platform played an instrumental role during WWII. As detailed by the National World War II Museum, “The first B-17 raid in Europe took place on August 17, 1942, when 12 ...
Petition filed to revoke LeMay’s medal for role in Tokyo air raid
A group of activists is calling for the revocation of a Japanese government honor given to U.S. Air Force Gen. Curtis LeMay, ...
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Starfish sites: The secret war effort of British aerial bombing decoys
Keele University researchers have investigated three World War II Allied aerial bombing decoy ... to activate and monitor decoy systems during enemy bombing raids. Timing and coordination were ...