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Watson’s Team pose in front of a group of their Me 262s. From left to right are: First Lt. James K. Holt, Capt. Robert J. Anspach, First Lt. William V. Haynes, Col. Harold E. Watson, Capt. Kenneth E. Dahlstrom, Capt. Fred L. Hillis, First. Lts. Robert Strobell and Roy W. Brown. The Me 262 in the foreground is “Cookie VII” with “Jabo Bait” behind. (Photo courtesy of EN Archives)

Operation Lusty – How Watson’s Whizzers brought Luftwaffe trophy birds home

The casual visitor to the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy facility at Dulles Airport near Washington, DC, might be surprised to discover, hidden among such famous airplanes as “Enola Gay” and a Concorde, a number of beautifully restored German aircraft of the Second World War. These include the Ar 234 jet bomber, […]

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  • The Death Rattlers, VMF-323, was destined to become one of the best-known U.S. Marine Corps fighter units of World War II, and the pilots who flew Corsairs for it are justifiably proud of their time. Albert Wells remembers his time with the Rattlers. Death Rattler indoctrination In 1943, I was a 21-year-old green Second Lieutenant […]

    Hopping from island to island, between ground pounding and maintaining air superiority, Albert Bell and the rest of the Death Rattlers never wanted for targets. Marine grunts praised the ground support they gave and nearly a dozen became aces. (Photo by Paul Bowen)

    Killer Corsair – Albert Wells, Death Rattlers Ace

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  • Anyone who grew up in the 1920s and 1930s learned very quickly that “Made in Japan” meant cheap price and poor quality. Almost everything bought in the five-and-dime stores had that tag. It seemed impossible to purchase anything imported from Japan that would not wear out or break after a very short useful life. That […]

    One of the only airworthy Nakajima-built A6M Zeros powered by an original Sakae 21 engine blasts over the beaches of Southern California at sunset for the camera ship. This aircraft was rescued from the jungles of Western New Guinea in remarkable condition near Babo Airfield and later restored in Russia. (Photo by John Dibbs/Facebook.com/theplanepicture)

    Zero Myth, Mystery, and fact – A test pilot compares the A6M5 Zero to U.S. Fighters

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  • July 7, 1944, For the USAAF 8th Air Force crews, it was just another mission in the continuing bombing campaign against the industrial heartland of Nazi Germany. For the Luftwaffe fighter pilots, it was another day striving heroically against overwhelming numbers of enemy aircraft to stem a seemingly unstoppable tide of bombing raids against their […]

    Warbird pilot extraordinaire Steve Hinton flies over the emerald green forest of Everette, Washington in “White A,” which was the sole flying Fw-190 in the world at the time of this shoot. John Dibbs was the only photographer to have been granted an air-to-air photo session with this ultra-rare fighter, which was then owned by Paul Allen and The Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum of Washington State.  This airplane and museum are now owned by philanthropist and collector Steuart Walton. (Photo by John Dibbs/Facebook.com/theplanepicture)

    Fw 190 Sturmböcke — The Luftwaffe’s “Battering Rams” against the USAAF heavy bombers

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  • During World War Two and ever since, many stories of the USAAF “Mighty Eighth” Air Force, operating from Britain over Europe, have been made available for public consumption. In comparison, relatively little publicity has been afforded to the “Forgotten Fifteenth” Air Force in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO). The Fifteenth was established as a […]

    Lee Lauderback, who holds the record for most flying hours in a Mustang, soars above the Kissimmee, Florida clouds in Max Chapman’s Cavalier Aircraft new-build wearing the paint scheme of “American Beauty,” the P-51D flown by Lt. John J. Voll, 31st FG top Mustang ace. (Photo by John Dibbs/Facebook.com/theplanepicture)

    American Beauty -“Forgotten Fifteenth” top-scoring Mustang ace John J. Voll

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