When one thinks of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier operations in the months leading up to the Battle of Midway, one name that readily comes to mind is Lt. Edward “Butch” O’Hare, the F4F-3 Wildcat pilot ...
In September of ’43, we were attacked by over 100 Japanese planes, fighters, bombers, dive bombers, and torpedo bombers." ...
Editor’s Note: A Good Thunder farm boy and pilot Ensign Jack Carl Fuller died 80 years ago Monday in one of the key battles to the U.S. winning World War II in the Pacific Theater. Research by his ...
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James Carlile: World War II Vet at 100
James Carlile recently turned 100 years old. The World War II veteran sat down with us to speak about his time in the United ...
The Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber was trapped inside the USS Yorktown with this bomb still attached to its cradle. The aircraft carrier was sunk by a Japanese submarine after the 1942 Battle of ...
Lady Lex had suffered grievous damage, but still managed to launch additional CAPs and recover all of its aircraft by 2 p.m. However, at noon, the fires started when leaking gas vapors caused a store ...
The Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger was developed as a critical replacement for the obsolete TBD Devastator, entering mass production in 1942 to bolster the U.S. Navy's capabilities during WWII. It was a ...
It was June 4, 1942, and World War II in the Pacific was almost six months old. Pearl Harbor lay far behind, a symbol of heartbreaking disaster; Singapore had fallen, and so had Rangoon, and so had ...
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