This article was previously published in the Oct. 17, 2025 edition of “Stars and Stripes.” Several summers ago I was relaxing on our back porch in central Pennsylvania. I heard a very familiar rumble ...
Key Points - The Consolidated B-24 Liberator, a key Allied heavy bomber in World War II, was the most produced combat aircraft in history (18,482 built). -Making its maiden flight in 1939, the B-24 ...
William “Bill” Hanchett was a Berkeley-educated history scholar. He was a civilian historian for the U.S. Air Force and for more than 30 years taught U.S. history at San Diego State University, where ...
FORT THOMAS, Ky. (WKRC) - For more than 70 years, the family of Army First Lt. Joseph De Jarnette didn't know much about what exactly happened to him. It started on April 8, 1944, when the pilot and ...
POOLER, Ga. -- A rare B-24 Liberator is being moved from Barksdale Air Force Base to Georgia. The aircraft, which is part of World War II aviation history, will be restored and become the centerpiece ...