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Billy Bishop – Canada's Greatest Ace and the Solo Dawn Raid | MiGFlug
1+ week, 3+ day ago (677+ words) by Philippe | 9 avril 2026 | Histoire et légendes, Aviation militaire | 0 comments He was brash, self-promoting, possibly embellished his own record — and remains Canada's greatest military hero, with 72 confirmed aerial victories and a Victoria Cross that has been debated for a century. Billy…...
How a young Powys farm worker saved an airman after 1951 crash
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (546+ words) The wreckage is surveyed in 1951. (Image: CT.) A young Llanidloes farm worker who had left the RAF only a week earlier became an unlikely hero when he pulled a stranded airman from a flooded river after a Wellington bomber crashed…...
‘I feel like his spirit is here’: Guardian honors late veteran on 29th UP Honor Flight
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (391+ words) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- While a veteran who was set to travel on the Upper Peninsula Honor Flight Mission XXIX didn't get the chance, one guardian made sure his story was told. Michelle Labadie joined this year's UP Honor Flight as a guardian,…...
Tributes paid to D-Day hero, 101, who said 'I am so proud we did it"
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (646+ words) Tributes have been paid to Royal Navy and D-Day warrior Peter Smoothy after his death at 101. In 2024 - on the 80th anniversary of the landings - the hero returned to Normandy alongside the Express and choked back tears on the same beach where…...
Leshe, 86, was an admired pilot
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (291+ words) Milton Charles “Chuck” Leshe Born Jan. 21, 1940, in Ringgold, Louisiana, he graduated from Ringgold High School and earned degrees from LSU and Northwestern State University before answering the call to serve. As a U.S. Navy pilot, Chuck retired as a lieutenant…...
War starts when deterrence stops working
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (1126+ words) On June 28, 1914, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was assassinated in Sarajevo. Just five weeks later, the world was at war. No one at the time expected a conflagration that would leave 40 million people dead or wounded. Edward Grey, the…...
Local war heroes to be honored
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (203+ words) Bedford Gazette The headstone of James Burns, Revolutionary War Soldier, is seen at the Old Log Church cemetery in Schellsburg. Burns is one of eight soldiers from that war that is buried on the grounds. The Old Log Church in…...
Local history group keeps memory of four WWII airmen alive
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (536+ words) Sampson County Sheriff Jimmy Thornton, along with deputies and members of the community, gather at a monument for World War II airmen to pay their respects. More than eight decades have passed since four young Army airmen lost their lives…...
Man, 93, 'flies like an eagle' for 93rd birthday
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (290+ words) A man has completed a zipline challenge for charity for his 93rd birthday. Charles Wylie told the BBC he had "great fun" on the zip wire in Brighton, East Sussex. "Now I know what an eagle must feel like when it's…...
Remains of Missing California WWII Airman Identified 82 Years Later
1+ week, 1+ day ago (228+ words) The remains of a California airman killed during World War II have been identified more than eight decades after his B-24 bomber was shot down over Italy. Army Air Force Sgt. Adolph P. Aguirre was just 21 years old when his plane went…...