Kevin Maurer takes you into the life of one member of a bomber crew during World War II.
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Aviation History Book Review: Lockheed XF-90
The period from 1945 through 1960 saw a proliferation of diverse and exotic aircraft designs.
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Aviation History Book Review: The Flying Tigers
The American Volunteer Group (AVG) that helped China fend off Japanese invaders in the first seven months after Pearl Harbor has probably been detailed in books and assorted media more extensively than any other combat flying organization,
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Aviation History Book Review: Squadron 303
Arkady Fiedler, a Polish-born writer of popular travelogues, reached his zenith as a wordsmith when he chronicled the impressive early exploits of free Polish fighter pilots flying with the Royal Air Force in the historic air battle to save Britain in the summer of 1940.
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Aviation History Book Review: Winning Armageddon
Almost as soon as World War II was won, America found itself challenged by its recent ally, the Soviet Union, in a generational rivalry that would come to be known as the Cold War.
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Letter From Aviation History: A Time of Sacrifice
When Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s surrender 75 years ago on August 14, 1945, the world celebrated the end of a global nightmare that had claimed an estimated 60 to 80 million lives.
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Aviation History Book Review: Flying Tiger Ace
On the night of December 19, 1944, Lt. Col. William N. Reed, commander of the 3rd Fighter Group, Chinese-American Composite Wing (CACW), was forced to bail out of his Curtiss P-40N somewhere in China’s Szechwan Province.
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Letter From Aviation History: A Marauder’s Tale
If this bomber could talk, it would have quite a story to tell. In a way it can, as every nick and scratch, every dent, every patched hole speaks of its hard-fought service during World War II.
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Aviation History Book Review: Operation Chastise
Operation Chastise was the codename for the Royal Air Force’s famous “Dambuster” raid against Germany’s Ruhr dams.
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Aviation History Book Review: Sherman Lead
As an aviator who flew the F-4D Phantom II with “Satan’s Angels” of the 433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron while stationed at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base in 1968-69, Gaillard Peck knows that air combat is both taxing and adrenaline-inducing.