This WWII Rescue Buoy Was A Floating Hotel For Downed Pilots These bouys would have been lifesavers for German pilots in the English Channel. By Erin Marquis December 19, 2023 2:45 pm EST ...

In 1940, in the chaos of World War II, pilots often faced grim odds after being shot down. But one P-38 pilot refused to accept those odds when he saw his wingman crash. Instead of turning back ...

Navy pilot Arthur Hibray came back from World War II with a souvenir Japanese military rifle. ... he recalled the air-sea rescue of a downed Marine pilot who had been flying an F4U Corsair.

BILLINGS -- In a deadly dance over the farm fields of Luxembourg, eight American pilots stumbled upon 25 or more German fighters strafing ground troops during the Battle of the ...

Lt. j.g. John Koelsch was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism as a rescue helicopter pilot during the Korean War. (U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command) During the Korean War ...