Michael Welchman, WW2 Tactical Reconnaissance Pilot SAAF

  Michael joined the SAAF in 1940 while he was a second year medical student at Wits university. After he qualified as a SAAF pilot he was demobilized and sent back to Wits bu
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B-17 pilot finally lands his medal from WWII

Article By Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News Second Lt. Samuel Smith knew what he was up against when his B-17 bomber group got orders to strike a German base that was home
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WWII B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber “Aluminum Overcast”

Touring the United States since 1994, tens of thousands have experienced the allure of EAA’s fully restored B-17 Flying Fortress, named “Aluminum Overcast.” Histo
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The Last Corsair – 1981 Wings & Airpower CD

A First Hand Account on the Restoration of an F4U Corsair That Will Endure For Centuries, by the Curator of Aircraft at the National Air & Space Museum. By Robert C. Mikesh, S
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WWII Spitfire pilot takes controls 70 years later

He survived the daily dangers of being a pilot in the Second World War and even risked his life on a clandestine operation in the Soviet Union. Now aged 91, and seven decades on fr
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