The Pentagon has indicated that the remains of seventeen airmen killed in the crash of their C-124 Globemaster in 1952 in Alaska were recently located and recovered. The crash killed another 35 service members, whose bodies have not yet been located. Source
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Skyraider wreck discovered in the Everglades
The wreck of an AD-4 Skyraider was recently rediscovered in the Florida Everglades. The aircraft, BuNo 128988, crashed there on 19 May 1955, killing its pilot Lt Norman Dolsen of VMA-324. The Marines recovered Dolsen’s body at the time, but the wreckage was not. Source
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Lieutenant ‘Flash’ Allen †
Lieutenant ‘Flash’ Allen, who has died aged 92, was a fighter pilot who saved British wartime convoys in the Bay of Biscay and en route to Murmansk and was twice decorated for gallantry. Read his obituary on The Telegraph.
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Australian pilot posthumously awarded US Silver Star after 72 years
On July 26, 1942, Flying Officer Mobsby and four American crew took off from Port Moresby to attack Japanese flying boats at Gasmata, New Britain. Their B-25 Mitchell was shot down by Japanese fighters, killing all on board. All the American crew members were posthumously awarded the American Silver Star, but F/O Mobsby was left …
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Dennis Kirby †
Dennis Kirby, who has died aged 90, was a wartime Seafire pilot then colonial officer who later built towns in Scotland. Read his obituary on The Telegraph.
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Flight Lieutenant Ian MacLennan †
Flight Lieutenant Ian MacLennan was a Spitfire pilot who applied his duck-shooting skills to destroy seven enemy aircraft during the Siege of Malta. Read his obituary on the Telegraph’s website.
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Lieutenant-Commander Don Ridgway †
Lt-Cdr Don Ridgway was a Fleet Air Arm observer who helped cover the Arctic convoys and survived the sinking of the carrier Dasher. Read his obituary on the Telegraph.
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Group Captain Ronnie Churcher †
Group Captain Ronnie Churcher was deputy to Guy Gibson, hero of the Dam Buster raid, on the fateful mission in which Gibson was killed. Read his obituary on The Telegraph.
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B-25 “Tondelayo” leased to Jimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum Education Foudation
The North American B-25J Mitchell 44-28932 “Tondelayo” has been leased by the Collings Foundation to the Jimmy Doolittle Air and Space Museum Education Foundation. Source
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Nose of Comet Mk 2 saved by volunteers
The nose section of the world’s only surviving Comet Mk 2 airliner has been saved by the Boscombe Down Aviation Museum. Source
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Ron Clark †
Ron Clark was a pilot whose Lancaster, Phantom of the Ruhr, was one of just 35 – out of 7,373 – to survive 100 flights in the war. Read his obituary on The Telegraph.
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Wing Commander Jimmy Flint †
Wing Commander Jimmy Flint was a bomber pilot who, uniquely, won two gallantry awards for his actions on a single hellish flight. Read his obituary on The Telegraph.
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Air Commodore Peter Merriman †
Air Commodore Peter Merriman was a Spitfire pilot who flew alongside Douglas Bader as Fighter Command went on the offensive over France Source: The Telegraph
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