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RAF Fighter Pilot (World War II)
Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. While others came from occupied nations in Europe, including: Czechs, Poles, French and ...
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This Medal of Honor recipient became an ace pilot in a day
Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...
WWII Marine Corps hero to be honored with plaque at Mt. Soledad
Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone, one of World War II’s most decorated Marines, received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross ...
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One of the last remaining Tuskegee World War II veterans dies at 100
Harry Stewart Jr. was one of the legendary flying corps’ most decorated pilots during the WWII, having claimed three Nazi ...
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How a Korean War helicopter pilot made Medal of Honor history
Koelsch served as a torpedo bomber pilot in the last months of World War II and was promoted to lieutenant ... James Wilkins of a Marine fighter squadron went missing while on a four-plane armed ...
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Leicestershire WW2 fighter pilot to be honoured with green plaque
A fighter pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain is ... Overseas servicemen needed a piece of home in WW2 - Rainbow Corner and the Beaver Club filled the gap.
Military Times11d
One of the last remaining Tuskegee World War II veterans dies at 100
He was 100. Stewart was one of two surviving combat pilots from the World War II-era 332nd Fighter Group, a segregated all-Black wing of the United States Army Air Force. “We are deeply saddened ...