The National Interest on MSN11d
The World War II B-24 Liberator Was So Good The U.S. Built Over 18,000
The B-24 gave Allied air forces a reliable option in both the European and Pacific theaters of war. T he Consolidated B-24 ...
The Advocate (Newark) on MSN5d
Alexandria native, 100, survived 'miraculous' B-24 flight across Adriatic Sea in World War II
Newark Advocate history columnist Doug Stout of the Licking County Library continues Staff Sgt. Robert "Bob" Hickman's story of survival in World War II.
USA Today16d
Northrop Grumman boosting B-21 Raider bomber production 'ahead of schedule and on budget'
Northrop Grumman received a second contract to build more B-21 Raider stealth bombers. The stealth bomber will eventually replace the Air Force's B-1 and B-2 bombers. The B-21 Raider is expected ...
The Boston Globe23d
Remains of WWII bomber pilot, lost in the Pacific in ’44, are identified
The B-24 bomber he flew -- nicknamed “Heaven Can Wait” — was downed by Japanese antiaircraft fire on March 11, 1944. The wreckage burned on the surface and sank in about 200 feet of water.
CBS News24d
U.S. pilot killed in WWII is accounted for 80 years after bomber named "Heaven Can Wait" crashed into ocean
An American pilot killed in World War II has been accounted for 80 years after his bomber — dubbed "Heaven ... Recover located the wreckage of a B-24 aircraft in Hansa Bay while making sonar ...