ATTU WARRIOR Text by Stephen Chapis Images by Luigino Caliaro The Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon was probably one of the least known bombers to have participated in the Second World War, and with just three examples […]
Over the past couple of years, we have been following the restoration of an extremely rare ‘birdcage’ variant of the Vought F4U-1 Corsair (BuNo.02449) undergoing restoration to flying condition at Vultures Row Aviation in Cameron Park, […]
The Hickory Aviation Museum in Hickory, North Carolina took delivery of a Grumman A-6E Intruder (BuNo.155629) on October 1st. A team of their volunteers had ventured up to Rhode Island over the previous week to […]
Considering all we have been through these past eighteen months or so, it is good to see some semblance of normality returning, and especially for us in the aviation community. This is why it is […]
by John M. Caratola, PhD On July 15, 1942, a formation of six Lockheed P-38s and two B-17s from the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) were making their way across the northern Atlantic Ocean heading […]
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 14, 1947, at approximately 10:00 a.m., a four-engine Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber, piloted by Major Robert L. Cardenas, took off from Muroc Air […]
Back in June, we reported that the Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Museum in Kalamazoo, Michigan was working hard to complete the static restoration of a unique Douglas SBD-2P Dauntless. They needed to have the aircraft […]
Of all the supersonic interceptors which emerged during the 1950s, it is doubtful that any are as charismatic nor more futuristic-looking than the iconic Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. It is easily one of the most elegant […]
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 12, 1944, First Lieutenant Charles Elwood Yeager, Air Corps, Army of the United States (A.U.S.), shot down five Bf 109s in one sortie becoming “ace […]
Warbird Digest has received the July/August, 2021 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration of the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota. We thought our readers would be very interested to see […]
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