John "Lucky" Luckadoo flew 25 bombing missions over Europe during the war, surviving some of the most intense air battles of ...

The P-47 Thunderbolt became the workhorse of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force in its early battles over Europe, and few pilots embodied its fighting spirit better than Don Blakeslee of the 4th Fighter ...

This straight tale of what happened to an RAF airdrome when it was taken over by the 8th USAAF is outstanding. It's the nearest thing to a Yank's letter home from wartime England ever to reach the ...

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Players: Allies: Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris's RAF Bomber Command; General James Doolittle's 8th US Army Air Force (USAAF). Outcome: The devastation of the German city of Dresden. There were ...

When the enemy bombers came over,perhaps on their way to the industrial Midlands they would make quite a noise.Grandma soon got fed up with running down the garden to the shelter when the siren went ...

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Edward B. Keenan, age 81, of Downers Grove, IL, beloved husband of Marjorie, nee Higgie; loving father of Kathleen Keenan, Patricia (James) Creed and Dr. John (Tracey) Keenan; dear grandfather of ...