World War II planes flying in to Shenandoah Regional Airport

W EYERS CAVE, Va. (WHSV) - On April 27 and 28, Capital Wing Warbirds will have static displays and offer rides in World War II planes for people to enjoy at Shenandoah Regional Airport. Capital Wing ... Read More

WWII Ghost Plane Still Baffles Some Experts

She is one of the only lost World War II planes to be discovered ... Lady Be Good would fly out from the United States' airforce base in Libya. She would soar over the Mediterranean to attack ... Read More

P-38 Lightning: The Best Combat Plane of World War II?

There are many planes that claim the title of the best of World War II. Meet the P-38 Lightning ... The P-38 could indeed fly fast—maxing at 395 miles-per-hour—and far (at slower speeds ... Read More

Mysterious World War II Plane Propeller Found in Scottish Peat Bog

reports BBC News. Its remains make up one of six World War II-era plane crash sites that have been discovered on National Trust-owned land in Arran. In the 1940s, Arran’s elevation—topping off ... Read More

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By Lara Jakes Horses Run Loose Through Central London in Surreal Spectacle Having a team in the world’s richest sports ... because of differences over the war in Gaza. An oceanside area ... Read More

Brewster Buffalo: The World War II Fighter History Can’t Forget

Meet the Brewster Buffalo: The Second World War provides such a fascinating study in contrasts. The Earth-shaking conflict is replete with fighter planes that ... in the skies over Western Europe ... Read More

The Dawn of Air Superiority: From World War II's Me 262 to the Supersonic Jet Fighters

Just a few years before the culmination of the Second World War, the landscape of aerial combat began to shift dramatically with the introduction of jet fighters. The emergence of first-generation ... Read More

The Most Expensive American Planes of World War II

24/7 Wall St. Posted: May 26, 2023 | Last updated: April 3, 2024 World War II played ... the annual aircraft production, and ranked the planes by their overall average unit cost over the course ... Read More

World in the Balance: Behind the Scenes of World War II

One of the deans of World War II scholars examines both the archives and published literature on the war, and offers sharp challenges to prevailing views. The purpose of Weinberg’s text is to suggest ... Read More

Was There Really a Korean Soldier Who Fought for Three Different Armies in World War II?

My Way (2011) follows the story of a Korean soldier who fights for the Soviet Union, Japan and Germany during World War II. The South Korean ... This trait carries over into adulthood and is ... Read More

World War II Bunkers Unearthed During Belgian Park Restoration Project

The restoration efforts taking place in the Director-General Willemspark in Heist, Belgium, revealed three fully intact underground bunkers from World War II ... over the years, remnants of ... Read More

5 Best Japanese Fighter Planes of World War II

With that in mind, let’s take a look at the Top 5 fighter aircraft ever made by that East Asian island nation, clearly focusing on World War II. Might as well start off with the most famous and ... Read More