The Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber was trapped inside the USS Yorktown with this bomb still attached to its cradle. The aircraft carrier was sunk by a Japanese submarine after the 1942 Battle of ...

World War II dive bomber Sid Zimman, who lives in Oceanside, turned 100 on Thursday and shared what he calls his “adventures with the Marine Corps” some 80 years ago. Zimman fought the war in the ...

There was bittersweet irony in Best’s accomplishment. It was his most successful mission, and also his last. As this reporter argued in an article in The National Interest published on January 23, ...

It can be genuinely difficult to conceptualize the power trip the US Air Force underwent in the immediate aftermath of World War II. While most of Europe and East Asia busied themselves building back ...

At Midway, the Dauntless was credited with sinking or mortally wounding each of the four Japanese aircraft carriers involved in the battle. Arguably the most important U.S. aircraft in World War II’s ...

When one thinks of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier operations in the months leading up to the Battle of Midway, one name that readily comes to mind is Lt. Edward "Butch" O'Hare, the F4F-3 Wildcat pilot ...

PORTAGE, Mich. (WOOD) — An airplane from World War Two has been restored after five years of hard work from volunteers. Now, it’s set for another takeoff. “We have a Douglas Aircraft Built SB9-2P ...

MITCHELL, S.D. (KSFY/Gray News) – A World War II veteran was surrounded by family, friends and a few special guests Sunday to celebrate his centennial birthday. There were many times in life that Bob ...

BROCKTON — During World War II, city native Henry LaBonte was a dive bomber at the Battle of Midway who was awarded two medals for heroism and achievement during flight. To his family, he was a golfer ...