Posts Tagged: Author: Marc

How Saburō Sakai Survived a Shot to the Eye and Piloted His Plane 560 Miles Back

How Saburō Sakai Survived a Shot to the Eye and Piloted…

How WWII Engineers Used Rocket Bottles to Launch Fully Loaded Navy Aircraft at Sea

How WWII Engineers Used Rocket Bottles to Launch Fully…

B-17 Co-Pilot John “Red” Morgan Throws a Fist at His Own Captain Mid-Air To Save The Crew While Enemy Fighters Swarm Around Them

B-17 Co-Pilot John “Red” Morgan Throws a Fist at His…

Most Useless Japanese Guns of WWII

Most Useless Japanese Guns of WWII

WWII P-51 Fighter Pilot Meets F-16 Fighter Pilot

WWII P-51 Fighter Pilot Meets F-16 Fighter Pilot

10 Brilliant Aircraft That Came Too Late To Make A Difference

10 Brilliant Aircraft That Came Too Late To Make A…

The Forgotten Story of Elsie MacGill, the Polio-Stricken Engineer Who Built Hurricanes Against All Odds

The Forgotten Story of Elsie MacGill, the Polio-Stricken…

How U.S. Wildcats Used the “Matchstick Trick” to Take Down Japanese Zeros in WWII

How U.S. Wildcats Used the “Matchstick Trick” to Take…

The TBM Avenger Pilot Who Defied Orders and Kept Attacking the IJN Yamato at the Battle off Samar

The TBM Avenger Pilot Who Defied Orders and Kept Attacking…

The Fastest Piston Fighter of WW2 That Allied Pilots Couldn’t Catch

The Fastest Piston Fighter of WW2 That Allied Pilots…

Lockheed’s Overlooked Workhorse of World War II

Lockheed’s Overlooked Workhorse of World War II

How the World’s Largest Boneyard Stores 3,100 Abandoned Planes

How the World’s Largest Boneyard Stores 3,100 Abandoned…

1 … 56 57 58 59 60 … 186