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Nov 21, 2018 · World War II ended over 70 years ago – so what happened to the hundreds of millions of weapons that were made for it? World War II was like no other war: it was warfare on an epic and global scale. War Production 1939 to 1945 (estimated)
Back in the world of high-performance planes that no civilian (yet) wanted, the Navy had to make an “either/or” decision when it came to Grumman Hellcats and Vought Corsairs. Only one would make it into the postwar world in great numbers.
Apr 16, 2024 · This discovery may lead to finding a Grumman J2F-4 Duck lost during a rescue mission in 1942, aiming to recover the remains of the crew. The use of drones represents a significant advancement in searching for aircraft lost in remote and challenging environments like Greenland's ice fields.
Around 3 a.m. on July 15, 1942, two B-17 bomber planes and six P-38 fighters departed Greenland, unaware that they would soon find themselves entrenched in one of Bolero’s most notorious...
Aug 25, 2018 · A World War II airplane that was lost in Greenland decades ago has been found deep beneath glacial ice. The warplane was part of the so-called Lost Squadron, and was first spotted by an aerial...
A year after World War II ended, the U.S. Navy mounted a massive-though hastily planned-mission to the bottom of the world. The three Navy airmen who in 1946 became the first U.S. casualties...
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Arguably the most important of World War 2 planes in history, the Douglas DC-3 airliner revolutionized the commercial aviation industry when it appeared in 1935. By 1940 its military potential was obvious, and the Army Air Corps issued a contract to Douglas that year.
