During World War II, American fighter pilots relied on specialized uniforms, survival gear, and flight equipment to withstand the extreme conditions of aerial combat. But what exactly did they wear in ...

The remains of the 11 airmen were deemed non-recoverable. Decades later, 4 are being laid to rest after a mission involving ...

As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New Guinea on March 11, 1944, the ...

WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. — As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New Guinea on March 11, 1944, the co-pilot ... shows him in uniform, smiling ...

When World War II began, there were 2,733 licensed female pilots in the United States ... d be gone for two or three weeks with the same uniform on.” Once the WASPs got the fighters to Great ...

He met me at the door in his full-dress Air Force uniform, his pilot wings above row upon row of ... Colonel Walter Stewart on flying his B-24 home after WWII ended in Europe. He described the scene ...