Hero Pilot Crashed 80 Years Ago. Now, Archaeologists Unearth WWII Wreckage

Second Lt. Lester L. Lowry was flying a P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft when he lost control in heavy cloud and dove straight into ...

Remains of lost airman killed in World War II laid to rest in Kern County 81 years later

Eighty-one years after he was lost to the fire and fog of war, the remains of fighter pilot Arthur M. Lingo have finally come home. Generations have passed since the young aviator from western Kern ...

WWII-era planes to soar over Modesto for preservation group's flying clinic

No specific details on the planes Modesto residents might see have been released, but NATA does focus on World War II-era ...
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Savannah family uncovers WWII hero’s true story — eight decades later -- thanks to French historian

For more than 80 years, a Savannah family believed their uncle, Second Lt. Marion “Don” Zipperer, was killed in Italy during ...
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After 81 years, fallen World War II airman Blaine Wilcox receives full military burial in Iowa

IOWANS GATHERED IN WESTERN IOWA TODAY TO PAY RESPECTS TO A VETERAN DECADES AFTER HIS DEATH. SECOND LIEUTENANT BLAINE WILCOX WAS LAID TO REST IN GLENWOOD. KCCI SPOKE WITH ONE OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS ...

A World War II-era Spitfire fighter plane crashed in a field in England, killing the pilot

A World War II-era Spitfire fighter plane crashed near a British air force base in eastern England on Saturday, killing the pilot, the U.K. defense ministry said.