VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — For 50 years, a WWII United States Navy dive bomber sat under 177 feet of water at the bottom of Lake Michigan. Now, the plane, a Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless, has made its way ...
Correspondent photo / Maurita Hoffman George Lutza, 99, of Youngstown, served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was trained as an aviation machinist. YOUNGSTOWN — George Lutza grew up on the ...
The Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger was developed as a critical replacement for the obsolete TBD Devastator, entering mass production in 1942 to bolster the U.S. Navy's capabilities during WWII. It was a ...
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 ...
The bomber’s pilot, 1st Lt. Herbert G. Tennyson, a former hotel clerk from Wichita, approached the target at an altitude of about 8,000 feet. His B-24 carried eight bombs, an array of heavy machine ...
In July 1921, US aircraft demonstrated how air attacks could swiftly dispatch modern warships. The tests were an early glimpse of the changes aviation would bring to naval warfare. The impact of those ...
Correcting a 76-year-old inaccuracy, the Navy has rewritten a chapter of World War II history closely tied to Rhode Island. And on Thursday, it will ceremoniously set things right. Acknowledging ...
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