The North American P-51 Mustang: The Fighter That Saved the Eighth Air Force
How the P-51 Mustang's Merlin engine and 1,100-mile range broke the Luftwaffe and rescued Allied strategic bombing from catastrophic failure in 1944.
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The Memphis Belle Restoration: Four Decades of Rain and the Team That Brought Her Home
The Memphis Belle B-17 survived 25 combat missions over Europe, then 40 years of outdoor neglect, before a 12-year restoration returned her to museum condition in 2018.
TaildraggerThe Republic P-47 Thunderbolt: The Jug That Flew Too Fast for Its Own Controls
The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt outscored every Allied fighter group in the European theater - here's why the heaviest single-engine fighter of WWII remains underappreciated.
TaildraggerBlack Thursday - The Second Schweinfurt Raid and the Day the Eighth Air Force Bled
On October 14, 1943, the Eighth Air Force launched 291 B-17s against Schweinfurt's ball bearing factories and lost 60 aircraft and 600 men in a single day.
TaildraggerThe Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and the seven-ton fighter they called the Jug
The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was WWII's heaviest single-engine fighter, devastating in both air combat and ground attack roles.
TaildraggerThe Eighth Air Force's last bombing mission over Europe on April twenty-fifth, nineteen forty-five
On April 25, 1945, the Eighth Air Force flew its final bombing mission over Europe, striking the Skoda works at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia.
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