World War II-era Philippine Mars makes historic flight to SF Bay before retiring in Arizona
History was made over the weekend in San Francisco Bay. The Philippine Mars water bomber touched down near Alameda on Sunday, in an 800-mile journey from British Columbia. "To see a sea plane land ...
Rare World War II flying boat makes stop in Bay Area
A rare World War II-era flying boat called the Philippine Mars made a pit stop in the Bay Area this past weekend. The boat ...
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Remembering Terence Alberigi: He witnessed one of WWII’s oddest moments, and he shared it with a Press Democrat reporter
Alberigi was 14 when a Japanese balloon bomb landed in his family’s apple orchard near Forestville in 1945. He cracked the ...