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Astronaut Shares Her Father/Daughter Story Connecting WWII Bomber Flights and 1990s Spaceflights On Dec. 7 At The Museum of Flight
Air Born Backstory Jan Davis’ father, Ben Smotherman, was a World War II B-17 pilot who was shot down ... and is an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. If you enjoyed this article and ...
History: The Impact Of US B-17 Flying Fortresses In The WWII European Air War
The B-17 in World War II by the late, great (and incredibly prolific) aviation author Martin Caidin (September 14, 1927 March ...
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This WW2 RAF Bomber Dealt a Deathblow to the German Economy
In WW2, the British made destroying German dams a key strategic target in order to kneecap the German industrial effort. To accomplish this, they needed a special plane to deliver the payload: the ...