One Man’s Royal Air Force Operations with the Douglas A-20 Boston/Havoc

Harry Ernest Demmar Tilby was a Navigator flying the Douglas A-20 (in R.A.F. parlance – the ‘Havoc’ or ‘Boston’) in the early years of World War 2. This is his story.
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WW2 Mosquito Plans Found – Will Allow ‘Wooden Wonder’ To Fly Again

By Ben Farmer, The Telegraph A newly-discovered hoard of secret Second World War aircraft technical drawings will be used by enthusiasts to rebuild and launch a Mosquito plane into
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Restored XP-82 Twin Mustang to debut at AirVenture 2018

The restorers of a North American XP-82 Twin Mustang, one of the most unusual fighter/escort aircraft ever deployed by the U.S. military, are aiming to make EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
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B-29 Superfortress: How It Works

This video shows pilots performing starting, cockpit control explanations, take off and cruising a B-29 Superfortress to altitude. The B-29 is a four-engine propeller-driven design
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B-17F Memphis Belle restoration moves closer to finish line

Restoration on the B-17F Memphis Belle™ – the first U.S. Army Air Forces heavy bomber to return to the United States after completing 25 missions over Europe – continues to move fo
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Lockheed P-38 Flight Characteristics (1943)

Normal and emergency operating characteristics of the Lockheed P-38. Demonstrates precautions and techniques for taking off, flying, and landing, showing in detail how controls and
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Agony Wagon: The Consolidated B-24 Liberator, WWII’s Unsung Heavyweight

By Frederick A. Johnsen This article was first published in the April 1972 Wings magazine and on the B-24/PB4Y Special Edition CD. The B-24 was no stranger to the barbed epithet. M
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B-29 “Doc” Rolled Out After Refurbishment

Seventy years ago today in 1945, a B-29, one of 1,644 manufactured in Wichita during World War II, rolled off the assembly line at Boeing and was delivered to the U.S. Army Air For
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WWII pilot reunited with P-47 Thunderbolt

by Senior Airman Jensen Stidham, 20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Sitting in a wheelchair with airplanes on his shirt and a U.S. Army Air Corp hat on his head, 92-year-old retired
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P-40 Warhawk That Survived Pearl Harbor Flies Again

By Chris Carola, The Associated Press An American fighter that’s one of the few remaining still-airworthy planes to survive the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is being donated to
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