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 ...

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 ...

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 museum’s uncanny environment is the work of the Collings Foundation, a well-heeled nonprofit that is among the world’s ...

Some bombers like the B-17 had eating in the cockpit, but that didn't help the rest of the plane. Flight crews and pilots ...

For everyone who flew Operation Manna-Chowhound missions, “It was the proudest moment of my wartime career.” “A tear ran down ...

Gen. George A. Joulwan, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, recognized the sacrifices made by Schuylkill County servicemen and women in Vietnam in a letter dated May 25, 1996. “As a company commander ...

Military collectibles from World War II have surpassed their status as mere artifacts and become tangible snippets of history ...

Fourteen young men died in 1943 when their bomber had trouble lifting off the runway in what would become Palm Beach Internation Airport.