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After 30 Years, Plane Crash Killing 248 101st Airborne Division Soldiers Commemorated

On December 12, 1985, 248 US Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division died in an airplane crash. They were on their way home from a…

World War Two Plane Crash Remains are Finally Being Returned

After World War II was over in 1945, three men were making a routine supply run to Malaysia’s western coast.  Suddenly the C-47 Dakota completely…

After 30 Years, Plane Crash Killing 248 101st Airborne Division Soldiers Commemorated

On December 12, 1985, 248 US Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division died in an airplane crash. They were on their way home from a…

World War Two Plane Crash Remains are Finally Being Returned

After World War II was over in 1945, three men were making a routine supply run to Malaysia’s western coast.  Suddenly the C-47 Dakota completely…

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…

Isle of Man war time B-17 crash remembered

B-17

Just before the end of World War Two in April 1945, troops back in Allied territory such as the UK and France began to relax…

WWII Veteran and Olympic Runner Louis Zamperini Dies of Pneumonia

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Louis Zamperini

Louis Zamperini was a veteran of the Second World War. He left his career as an Olympic runner to fly for the Allied forces, but…

Unsolved WWII Plane Crash Investigated

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plane crash

During the Second World War, there was a plane crash near southwest Victoria that was never solved. In fact, it was never even reported. There…

Daughter of WWII Pilot Researches His Crash

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WWII pilot

The daughter of a WWII pilot has done some research into the site at which her father crashed during the war, and has subsequently decided…

Pilot Crashes Replica Sopwith Triplane

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SopwithTriplane

A pilot’s display flight of a replica SopwithTriplane recently took a literal nosedive when the plane clipped a fence and consequently crashed into the ground.…

Town of Garden Home Celebrates Deceased Airman

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Garden Home

Lieutenant Robert Strong touched down in Garden Home, Oregon, almost seventy years ago. The WWII airman was not making a scheduled landing, but rather bailing…

Remains of missing airmen found in B.C. 70 years after their plane vanished

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remains found

Remains found at the scene of a plane crash over seventy years old may be the key to unlocking one of several lost-persons mysteries which…