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WWII

The era from 1938-1945 in which aircraft development and production increased to meet wartime demand for fighters and bombers and ultimately led to the birth of jet aircraft
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Museum volunteer Tom Momiyama with the last remaining Ohka K2 at the Museum’s restoration facility.

In the Museum: The Mysterious Second Seat

September 2010 | By Rebecca Maksel

Thirty-eight WASPs died in service. Mary Hartson (left, with Hardman, center) was killed in a BT-13 crash in 1944.

Flying Bombers in World War II

Stories my mother told me.
August 2010 | By Melissa Jordan

For the wounded on Luzon in 1945, the Sikorsky R-6A transport doubled as an ambulance.

Medevac From Luzon

A small band of helicopter pilots risked their lives to rescue wounded soldiers during World War II.
July 2010 | By Roger Connor

My Mother Had Wings

The daughter of a WASP tells her mother's tale.
June 16, 2010 | By The Editors

Inside the Enola Gay

Close-up photographs of the legendary World War II aircraft.
May 18, 2010 | By The Editors

Man wearing a parachutes next to a plane during WWII.

Oldies and Oddities: Tinseltown’s Training Base

January 2010 | By Preston Lerner

Senator George Gunther with the Corsair, the state aircraft.

Restoration: Connecticut's State Warbird

What World War II fighter was a product of the Nutmeg State?
January 2010 | By James Wynbrandt

The Horten Ho 229 V3 awaits restoration at the National Air and Space Museum

The Luftwaffe’s Flying Wing

The Horten Ho 229 is on the short list for restoration at the Air and Space Museum.
January 11, 2010 | By Rebecca Maksel

Canadian lads, eager for a brush with World War II glory

Ode on a Canadian Warbird

The author remembers childhood, with round engines.
January 2010 | By Bruce McCall

A P-38J-5-LO (foreground), a late Lightning variant, flies with an F-5, a later photo-recon version of the P-38. Only a handful of P-38s are flying today. Duckypoo may one day join them, if not in the air, then perhaps on the ground.

Can This P-38 Be Saved?

Lockheed P-38 Lightnings brought many a pilot home. This pilot would like to return the favor.
November 2009 | By David F. Toomey

Lieutenant Harold Robinson

Steichen Sent Me

Led by famed fashion photographer Edward Steichen, a group of camera men captured the action of World War II naval aviation.
October 01, 2009 | By Mark D. Faram

A deformed machine gun from the Nakajima Ki-27 spoke volumes to the author (center).

Above and Beyond: Recovery: Bataan

August 2009 | By Ralph Wetterhahn

Crew members Russ Holmes, Jack Ruggles, William Vanderkloot, Ron Williams, and John Affleck (left to right) stealthily flew Churchill and other VIPs to crucial meetings around the globe.

Travels with Churchill

A World War II flight engineer dishes on the most “I” of the VIPs he flew with.
July 2009 | By Graham Chandler

The YB-49 demonstrated that putting jet engines on an airframe designed for piston engines made the aircraft faster but not better.

Too Much, Too Soon

July 2009 | By General Robert L. Cardenas, U.S. Air Force (Ret.) As told to James P. Busha

Victory Through Air Power proved no victory for Walt Disney, but at least Seversky (right) got some screen time.

Oldies and Oddities: The Disney War Plan

July 2009 | By Stephen Joiner

Vi Cowden during her service with the WASPs in the 1940s.

We Represented All Women

During World War II, WASPs proved that an airplane couldn’t tell the difference between a male and female pilot.
June 22, 2009 | By Jonna Dootlittle Hoppes

The muralist, painter, and author Tom Lea

The Art of War

The paintings of Tom Lea, Life magazine's artist-correspondent during World War II.
February 06, 2009 | By Rebecca Maksel

Warbird Obsession

It's an addiction. Admitting you have it is the first step.
December 03, 2008 | By Rebecca Maksel

Before flying on a B-32, Marchione (front, second from right) had been on a B-24 Liberator crew that included his buddies Rudy Nudo and Frank Pallone (front, second and third from left, respectively).

The Last to Die

The war in the Pacific ended as it began, with a surprise attack by Japanese warplanes.
November 2008 | By Stephen Harding

Memphis Belle

Restoration: The Memphis Belle

For this famous B-17, surviving 25 missions in World War II was the easy part.
November 2008 | By Mark Bernstein


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