He may be 107, but pilot's memories of 62 World War II missions he ran are still vivid
As he gripped the controls of his bomber plane on his first war time mission, 21-year-old Harry Richardson gazed back at the British coast for what he feared was the last time.
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World War II veteran posthumously receives medals, accolades from Rep. Feenstra’s Office
The family of late World War II veteran Edward Motz is getting his medals and accolades that he deserves for his efforts ...
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The P-51 Mustang and the man who won the World War II air war with it
It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...
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Medals of World War 2 hero who was prisoner of war to fetch thousands at auction
A collection of rare medals belonging to a Battle of France ... Major Merton entered World War II with the British ...
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Portrait of an officer of the RAF during World War II
91.4 x 71.2 cm. (36 x 28 in.) ...
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Northern Ireland World War II hero flew missions for clandestine RAF unit
Campaigners are trying to track down relatives of a Co Antrim war ... RAF unit so secretive little is known about it even today. Ballymena man David O’Neil was a pilot during World War II ...
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Luton bomber pilot’s rare Second World War medals go under the hammer
A collection of rare Second World War medals belonging to a Luton bomber pilot are going up for auction next month – and are ...
Second World War veteran known as ‘the Poppy Man’ made an MBE
A Second World War Royal Air Force navigator ... His 42-year RAF career included taking part in the Berlin Airlift (1948 to ...
Medals of WWII fighter ace who survived terrifying 25,000ft death plunge but then was killed in Las Vegas pleasure flight crash 20 years later could sell for £30,000
Wing Commander James 'Butch' McArthur claimed eight kills and three other 'probables' during heartstopping dogfights with the ...
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New Zealand family has war medals returned after lucky find in Perth
When Royal Australian Air Force Chaplain Haydn Lea spotted four World War II medals at an auction in Perth late last year, his interest was piqued. "There were four original medals," he told Mark ...
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Lewistown airman dies in one of WWII’s worst single-day losses
By the time Raymond K. “Duke” Deamer joined his bomber unit in February 1944 at RAF Knettishall, Suffolk, England, the ...