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Mystery Of Missing World War II Bomber Attacked By Nazis Solved After 82 Years
Baltimore FW282, operated by RAAF's No 454 Squadron, was returning from a mission over the Aegean Sea when it was ambushed.
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British Pilots To Make History, Fly Around The World In A WWII Spitfire
A little over two weeks from now, two British pilots -- Steve Boultbee Brooks and Matt Jones -- will embark on an epic mission straight out of a Jules Verne book in a fighter from the glory days of World War II. They will fly a newly restored Silver Spitfire 43,452 km around the world over a period of five months in the first attempt of its kind so...
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This Fighter Pilot Flew The Last Mission Over Japan In WWII. Then He Learned To Love His Enemy.
It was Aug. 13, 1945, four days after the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. Japan had suffered unimaginable destruction, but Emperor Hirohito refused to surrender.
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Two World War II Aircraft Missing For 70 Years Found Under Water
During World War II, some 10,000 B-25 bombers were deployed to conduct a variety of missions such as bombing, submarine patrols, and even the historic raid over Tokyo in April 1942. Many of them went down in the oceans across the world. Present-day Papua New Guinea was the site of military action in the Pacific Ocean from January 1942 to the end of...
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Inside One Of World War II's Most Daring Spy Missions: The Men Who Made OSS Operations Possible
In February 1945, a small group of personnel assigned to the Office of Strategic Services, the wartime spy agency, scrambled to prepare for a particularly risky mission: inserting a team of agents deep behind Nazi lines with the goal of gleaning crucial enemy information.
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US Veterans Who Firebombed Japan During World War II Meet Survivor
Five American veterans who took part in firebombing Japan during World War II saw photos of stacks of charred bodies and leveled homes at a museum dedicated to the victims, and said the outcome on the ground of their missions was awful.
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Japan's Emperor Akihito Visits Former Colony Palau on World War II Mission
Japan's imperial couple arrived in the Pacific island nation of Palau today, the site of a fearsome battle with American troops, on a rare overseas visit related to World War II.
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Dambusters Pilot Halts Medal Sale After Peer's Donation
The last surviving pilot from World War II's legendary Dambusters mission cancelled plans to sell his medals today after a wealthy British peer intervened, the auction house handling the sale said.
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Poland to Search for its Famous World War II Submarine
Two Polish teams will search this year for the Polish submarine ORP Orzel, which disappeared in the North Sea in May 1940 during a mission with the Allies in World War II.
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Eight British airmen buried in Malaysia after 67 years
Eight British World War II airmen have been buried with military honours in Malaysia, nearly 70 years after their plane crashed while on a mission in Southeast Asia.
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Mystery Of Missing World War II Bomber Attacked By Nazis Solved After 82 Years
Baltimore FW282, operated by RAAF's No 454 Squadron, was returning from a mission over the Aegean Sea when it was ambushed.
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British Pilots To Make History, Fly Around The World In A WWII Spitfire
A little over two weeks from now, two British pilots -- Steve Boultbee Brooks and Matt Jones -- will embark on an epic mission straight out of a Jules Verne book in a fighter from the glory days of World War II. They will fly a newly restored Silver Spitfire 43,452 km around the world over a period of five months in the first attempt of its kind so...
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This Fighter Pilot Flew The Last Mission Over Japan In WWII. Then He Learned To Love His Enemy.
It was Aug. 13, 1945, four days after the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. Japan had suffered unimaginable destruction, but Emperor Hirohito refused to surrender.
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Two World War II Aircraft Missing For 70 Years Found Under Water
During World War II, some 10,000 B-25 bombers were deployed to conduct a variety of missions such as bombing, submarine patrols, and even the historic raid over Tokyo in April 1942. Many of them went down in the oceans across the world. Present-day Papua New Guinea was the site of military action in the Pacific Ocean from January 1942 to the end of...
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Inside One Of World War II's Most Daring Spy Missions: The Men Who Made OSS Operations Possible
In February 1945, a small group of personnel assigned to the Office of Strategic Services, the wartime spy agency, scrambled to prepare for a particularly risky mission: inserting a team of agents deep behind Nazi lines with the goal of gleaning crucial enemy information.
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US Veterans Who Firebombed Japan During World War II Meet Survivor
Five American veterans who took part in firebombing Japan during World War II saw photos of stacks of charred bodies and leveled homes at a museum dedicated to the victims, and said the outcome on the ground of their missions was awful.
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Japan's Emperor Akihito Visits Former Colony Palau on World War II Mission
Japan's imperial couple arrived in the Pacific island nation of Palau today, the site of a fearsome battle with American troops, on a rare overseas visit related to World War II.
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Dambusters Pilot Halts Medal Sale After Peer's Donation
The last surviving pilot from World War II's legendary Dambusters mission cancelled plans to sell his medals today after a wealthy British peer intervened, the auction house handling the sale said.
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Poland to Search for its Famous World War II Submarine
Two Polish teams will search this year for the Polish submarine ORP Orzel, which disappeared in the North Sea in May 1940 during a mission with the Allies in World War II.
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Eight British airmen buried in Malaysia after 67 years
Eight British World War II airmen have been buried with military honours in Malaysia, nearly 70 years after their plane crashed while on a mission in Southeast Asia.
