Posts Tagged: Author: John Lerit

WWII Milestone: B-29 Superfortresses Launch Massive Incendiary Raid on Tokyo, Destroying 28,000 Buildings

WWII Milestone: B-29 Superfortresses Launch Massive…

On This Day in 1944: Big Week Ends With 900 Allied Bombers Striking Regensburg and Augsburg

On This Day in 1944: Big Week Ends With 900 Allied Bombers…

How Good Was the P-80 Shooting Star?

How Good Was the P-80 Shooting Star?

Why the F-35B Has a Flap Behind the Cockpit

Why the F-35B Has a Flap Behind the Cockpit

On This Day in 1942: Dive-Bomber Legend Dick Best Leads SBD Strike Against Wake Island

On This Day in 1942: Dive-Bomber Legend Dick Best Leads SBD…

On This Day in 1944: “Big Week” Air Battles Peak Over Germany to Crush Luftwaffe Production

On This Day in 1944: “Big Week” Air Battles Peak Over…

On This Day in 1940: Hawker Typhoon Prototype Takes Maiden Flight, Later Devastates German Tanks

On This Day in 1940: Hawker Typhoon Prototype Takes Maiden…

The Corsair’s Hidden Edge

The Corsair’s Hidden Edge

On This Day in 1942: Fuel-Starved B-17 ‘Swamp Ghost’ Survives Crash and Becomes Aviation Legend

On This Day in 1942: Fuel-Starved B-17 ‘Swamp Ghost’…

February 23, 1942: Submarine Shelling Sparks the Infamous ‘Battle of Los Angeles’

February 23, 1942: Submarine Shelling Sparks the Infamous…

On This Day in 1945: U.S. Marines Raise Flag on Iwo Jima…

Inside the Horten Flying Wing

Inside the Horten Flying Wing

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