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Ronnie Scott, World War II Spitfire Pilot, Dies at 107
Ronnie Scott didn’t see frontline combat but still contributed to the war effort as an instructor pilot. World War II pilots ...
I was shot down, escaped PoW camp & fought for Russians… I’d do it all again, says pilot, 100, teaching kids about WW2
FIGHTER pilot Joe Peterburs had to wait 80 years to complete his 50th wartime mission. His first attempt was in April 1945 ...
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A US Navy captain ordered a military funeral for a kamikaze pilot during WWII. Here's why
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri ... unusual and little-known episodes of World War II. The pilot received the same funeral that ...
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USS Missouri’s kamikaze exhibit shares different perspective on Japanese fighter pilots
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A special exhibit aboard the battleship USS Missouri has a heart-wrenching perspective on what it is like for a fighter pilot ... to end World War II and proclaimed ...
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A US Navy captain ordered a military funeral for a kamikaze pilot during WWII. Here's why
A Japanese Zero fighter plane hits the USS Missouri ... marking one of the more unusual and little-known episodes of World War II. The pilot received the same funeral that the ship would have ...