To this day, whenever I see or hear a propeller-driven aircraft overhead, instinctively I envision a World War II Wilmington P-47 Thunderbolt, as if nothing changed. My nostalgia at work. From Dec. 8, ...
The P-47 Thunderbolt was the most versatile fighter aircraft of the Second World War. It was not “best in class” in any ...
DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- Sitting in a wheelchair with images of airplanes on his shirt and a U.S. Army Air Corps hat on his head, 92-year-old retired Air National Guard Chief Warrant ...
Cottrell ended the war with sixty-five combat missions under his belt in his trusty P-47. As The National Interest has recently reported, World War II fighter pilots (not to mention WWII veterans in ...