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Bob Cowper, WWII Pilot, Racehorse Trainer and Family Man Remembered

In 2007, ‘Chasing Shadows’, the biography of Bob Cowper, was published detailing the exploits of one of Australia’s most decorated WWII pilots.  Bob Cowper was…

A motive of preservation – Air Force pilot from Missouri killed in action during Vietnam War

As a young man growing up in Tipton, Mo., James Franklin Lang had a fascination with the skies — an interest that later led to his…

80th Anniversary Flight of the Spitfire

On 5th March 1936, a little four year old girl accompanied her parents and her two younger brothers on a grand adventure. It was nearly…

WWII and Monopoly, how it helped captured Airmen escape!

Heziel Pitogo

  The board game called Monopoly had really come a long way since it was first mass-produced in America in 1934. The game is basically…

World War Two hero V1 Killer pilot’s medals go on sale

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The medals of a World War Two hero pilot are being sold off at auction. Joseph Berry was a squadron leader in the Royal Air…

Guarding Hitler – Review by Phil Hodges

Phil Hodges
Guarding Hitler

I Was Hitler’s Secretary. I Was Hitler’s Boss. The Jew Who Defeated Hitler. Chocolate Cake With Hitler. Hitler’s Table Talk. Some of these sound absurd,…

Remains of WWII Pilot Discovered

Ian Harvey
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Lieutenant First Class Louis Longman was an American fighter pilot whose live was lost during WWII. Now, his remains have been found in New Guinea,…

Murray Adams, Veteran, Gets to Spend Time with His Old Plane

Ian Harvey

Murray Adams was a pilot in the Second World War. Now in his mid-90s, his fighting days are long behind him. Still, as with many…

HIGH FLIGHT – The Life and Poetry of Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee – Review by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

My interest in all things military began with aviation. I loved aeroplanes when I was a lad. I progressed to building model kits – the…

Idaho war hero returns to Laos to find remains of downed pilot 45 years since

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Leland Sorensen of Aberdeen looked back at his exploits in Southeast Asia when he was still a member of the elite U.S. Air Force para-rescue…

A Lost Diary: Stories Of A WWII ‘Suicide Mission’

Ian Harvey
Diary

In the lost and found diary, Capt. Jack Stanley Jones wrote about a medal presentation he had to wake up early for and complained about…

Letters Of A World War II Navigator

Ian Harvey

In his book, ‘The Wild Blue’, Stephen Ambrose explained the selection process used by the AAF. According to him, after men would pass their exams,…