Yet on June 8, 1940, the British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious discovered why carriers should need to stay far away from enemy surface fleets. The Glorious encountered not one, but two German ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Only extraordinary circumstances—particularly the lack of Combat Air Patrol—made the ambush of the Glorious possible by two large capital ships on a clear day. For ...

The McDonnell XP-67 "Moonbat" was an ambitious 1940s interceptor prototype that integrated a multitude of new and unproven technologies, including a unique blended-wing body design and innovative ...

It has been nearly 70 years since the last combat aircraft lifted into the air during World War II to join the largest air armada ever to fill the skies, but on Saturday, August 16, four rare WWII ...

A piece of military equipment from the 1940s and 50s washed up on a Cape Cod beach last week. A park historian with Cape Cod National Seashore, a part of the U.S. National Park Service, inspected the ...

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The 1942 Boeing Stearman aircraft in which Verdie Lokow flew Tuesday morning. The 1942 Boeing Stearman in which Lukow took his flight Tuesday. Verdie Lukow Sommers signs a hat for Lukow. Capt. Sommers ...

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