The F4U Corsair was rejected by the U.S. Navy for carrier operations in 1942, then became one of WWII's most lethal fighters - and stayed in combat through Korea.
TaildraggerDoc the B-29 Superfortress spent 44 years in the Mojave Desert before volunteers restored her to flight in 2016 - one of only two airworthy examples of the Pacific War's decisive bomber.
TaildraggerHow a crashed Japanese Zero in an Alaskan bog gave American engineers the intelligence to build the F6F Hellcat - the Pacific War's most lethal carrier fighter with a 19-to-1 kill ratio.
TaildraggerThe Vought F4U Corsair was grounded from carrier duty by the U.S. Navy - then handed to the Marines, who made it one of WWII's most feared fighters.
TaildraggerOn June 4, 1942, the Douglas SBD Dauntless destroyed three Japanese fleet carriers in roughly five minutes at Midway, ending Japan's naval dominance in the Pacific.
TaildraggerOn June 4, 1942, Lt. Cdr. Wade McClusky's decision to keep searching over empty Pacific waters led to a five-minute attack that sank three Japanese carriers and turned the tide of the war.
TaildraggerOn October 24, 1944, Commander David McCampbell and one wingman intercepted 60 Japanese aircraft over the Philippine Sea, producing the most lethal single aerial mission in U.S. naval history.
TaildraggerOn August 7, 1942, Japanese ace Saburo Sakai flew 560 miles home from Guadalcanal alone - one eye destroyed, barely conscious, no radio.
TaildraggerOn September 2, 1944, a 20-year-old Navy pilot named George H.W. Bush completed his bomb run over Chichi Jima with his engine on fire, bailed out, and floated four hours before a submarine rescued him.
TaildraggerOn June 4, 1942, Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers the Navy had already written off sank three Japanese fleet carriers in six minutes and turned the Pacific War.
TaildraggerThe F4U Corsair compiled an 11-to-1 kill ratio over Japanese fighters despite being rejected for carrier ops - the full story of the bent-wing bird.
TaildraggerRejected by the Navy and handed to the Marines, the Vought F4U Corsair became the Pacific War's most feared fighter with an 11-to-1 kill ratio.
TaildraggerThe Douglas SBD Dauntless sank four Japanese fleet carriers at Midway on June 4, 1942, in four minutes that permanently shifted the balance of power in the Pacific War.
TaildraggerThe Grumman F6F Hellcat downed over 5,000 enemy aircraft in the Pacific with a 19-to-1 kill ratio, built to beat the Zero.
TaildraggerThe Swamp Ghost is the world's only intact B-17E, recovered from a New Guinea swamp after 64 years and now displayed at Pearl Harbor.
TaildraggerHow 16 P-38 Lightnings flew a 1,000-mile dead-reckoning ambush to kill Admiral Yamamoto, the mastermind of Pearl Harbor.
TaildraggerRadio Hangar explores Swamp Ghost, the B Seventeen E Flying Fortress That Sat Sixty-Four Years in a New Guinea Swamp Before Anybody Could Get Her Out.
TaildraggerHow P-38 Lightning pilots flew a 1,000-mile ocean route to ambush Admiral Yamamoto on April 18, 1943 in Operation Vengeance.
TaildraggerThe F4U Corsair earned the name 'Whistling Death' for its shrieking dive, and overcame carrier rejection to become one of WWII's deadliest fighters.
TaildraggerHow the Grumman F6F Hellcat, built around combat reports from the Pacific, destroyed Japanese naval air power with a 19-to-1 kill ratio.
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