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U.S. Finally Given Permission to Bring Home Remains of Soldiers in Himalayas

A recent effort from the U.S. Defense Prisoners of War Accounting Agency has resulted in the finding of more American remains.  The group that made…

Dan Snow: Live Spitfire dig starts tomorrow 10 July 2015!!! Don’t miss it.

When German Field Marshal von Manstein was questioned by the Soviets after World War Two he told his angry interrogators that the most decisive battle…

Yamamoto World War Two crash site re-opened

Yamamoto

[Via] The World War Two crash site where the Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto died has been reopened to visitors after more than five years. The…

Bone fragments discovered at crash site in Germany could be the last resting place of World War Two airman

Remains of British Soldier

The family of a fallen British soldier from the Second World War fought a lengthy battle with German development authorities. The family members of the…

MIA: No man left behind? Two B-24 crash sites off the northern Italian Coast – By Bill Beigel

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Two crews from the 449th Bomb Group were lost 13 months apart; one in January of 1944; the other in February of 1945. Both went…

Six fallen soldiers from WWII won their Final battle in Germany

The family of a WWII airman, who died when a plane crashed in a field in Germany, nearly 70 years ago, has won a battle…

The search for 2 German Fighters That Crashed During Operation Bodenplatte – By Marcel Hermes

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The search for two crashed German fighters, shot down over Veghel (Netherlands) on January 1st. 1945. Operation Bodenplatte On new years day 1945 the German Luftwaffe…

World War Two Lancaster crash site to be excavated in Germany

German authorities are trying to find the family of a World War Two crewman who crashed in Germany. Gordon Grogan was a radio operator aboard…

Fallen WWII Airmen Doubly Memorialized

Ian Harvey
WWII airmen

A crew of long-dead WWII airmen, who flew a bombing raid in a B-24 Liberator near the end of the war, have been honored in…

Hopeful Nephew Believes Uncle’s Remains will be Found, 70 years Later.

Graham Hill, the nephew of Sergeant Roland Hill, holds on to the hopes that the remains of his uncle will be found—70 years after death.…

Airmen From WWII Bomber Found In Swamp To Receive Proper Burial

Ian Harvey

The five airmen were trapped inside the Halifax bomber for 70 years. The bomber crushed into a swamp after it was shot down during a…

Sisters Discovered How Brother Died in WWII through the Daily Express

Nora and sister Molly were in their teenage years when bad news regarding their WWII serviceman brother reached home. Sergeant John Currey was one of…