John Lee Levitow was born on November 1, 1945, to a Jewish family in Hartford, Connecticut. He originally intended to join the U.S. Navy but changed his mind and joined the USAF in June 1966, five ...

Germany designed the flawed Heinkel He-177 Greif heavy bomber to reach enemy targets far from Germany and outrun enemy fighters.

After three crewmen were swallowed up by the Pacific at the end of World War II, a modern-day rescue effort went to find them ...

Shot down, captured, and held in a Nazi POW camp - this Allied pilot had every reason to give up. Instead, he took the ultimate gamble and stole a German bomber to make his escape. This unbelievable ...

Maj. Donald K. Willis crash-landed his plane in Nazi-occupied Holland then stopped at cafes for beers — all while evading the ...

During the WHOI mission to photograph the USS F-1, the researchers also surveyed another piece of military wreckage: a lost ...

calisthenics and classroom learning has included instruction on the Tuskegee Airman and how the pioneering Black pilots played a vital role in the Allied war effort. Well before World War II ...

Alshouse, a resident of the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown, was a Navy pilot who delivered or “ferried” planes all over the country from the manufacturer to be loaded on to aircraft carriers, or ...

Also on the New York Times hardcover list for the week ended May 10: new fiction by Fredrik Backman and several others.

WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. — As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New ...

The WestPac Restoration and the National Museum of World War II Aviation in Colorado Springs are working on expanding their ...

Step into the cockpit of a Bf 109 as it engages Allied bombers in a meticulously recreated WWII scenario. The video highlights the strategic maneuvers employed during these critical missions. Gain ...