The Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber was trapped inside the USS Yorktown with this bomb still attached to its cradle. The aircraft carrier was sunk by a Japanese submarine after the 1942 Battle of ...
On March 19, 1945, the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, after enduring a fierce Japanese assault, was a smoldering wreck. The ...
Eight decades after he was shot down over the Pacific, Howard Allen Holding, a World War II pilot, was finally laid to rest ...
PROVO, Utah — Around the country, World War II airplanes travel to airshows to showcase history and inspire those watching. As time goes on, keeping these warbirds flying becomes more difficult, and ...
It seems fighter planes and bombers weren't the only vehicles aboard a famous U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that was sunk during World War II. A crew exploring the USS Yorktown at the bottom of the ...