Franz Stigler, a German fighter pilot, spared American bomber pilot Charles Brown during World War II, illustrating how ...

During World War II air gunners made up a staggering share of bomber crew losses, leading British scientists to quietly question whether removing gun turrets and gunners could actually save lives.

The B-17 bomber, also known as the Flying Fortress, helped change the course of World War II. Manufactured by Boeing, over 12,000 were made for combat. It was dubbed a flying fortress due to its ...

Malcolm Rubin grew up in Elmira and, after studying at Cornell University, joined the U.S. Army Air Forces. Rubin was a bombardier on a B-24 Liberator bomber that was shot down in November 1944 over ...

Watch biographer discuss fate of Elmira WWII airman whose bomber was shot down in Germany Robert Steele wrote a book about 10 airmen, including Elmiran Malcolm Rubin, who were killed in a World War II ...

D ecades before 9/11, New York City was the scene of a similar disaster when an American Second World War bomber slammed into ...

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A World War Two codebreaking machine and its Royal Navy operators have been commemorated in wool. Yarn bomber Clare Reeves, who works at Bletchley Park's learning centre, crocheted and knitted the ...