These badass women pilots flew almost 30,000 missions in 4 years and ruthlessly bombed the German invaders to become the Soviet Union Air Force’s most decorated female unit. The idea of an all-woman squadron was conceived by Marina Raskova – the first female pilot of the Soviet, for which she had earned her moniker the […] More
One Of The Best Japanese Pilots Perhaps one of the most talented Japanese flying aces to have emerged during World War II was Sub-Lieutenant Saburō Sakai. He had claimed a total of 64 aerial victories, but his official record is only at 28. Despite flying an inferior aircraft, Saburō remained a threat to the Allies […] More
The Blue Nosed Bastards Weren’t Scared Against 50 Enemy November 2nd, 1944, 16 P-51 Mustangs from the Blue-nosed Bastards of Bodney fly deep inside enemy territory. They are on their way to escort a B-17 bomber headed to destroy a Nazi oil refinery. However, before reaching their main objective, the small group of Mustangs spots […] More
5. The Project Was Incredibly Secretive Of the 130 people working on Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, only 5 knew the details. It was so secret that the British engineer who brought the Goblin engine that was meant to power the P-80 was detained by police because Lockheed officials could not vouch for him. 4. The […] More
With the rise of aviation technology, World War II saw some of the best fighter aces and the most intense aerial combats in history. The British’s best fighter ace claimed 38 aerial victories; the US has 40, while the Soviet Union has 62. Amazing as these numbers would seem, none could compare to Germany’s most […] More
Ilmari Juutulainen may not be the highest scoring ace of WWII, but he might just be the most successful WWII pilot when you consider these 3 things: 3. He Was The Highest Scoring Non-German WWII Ace If you look at a list of WWII aces, you’ll notice that the Germans, trailing behind top ace […] More
Reeling from the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States needed to give an answer, and they needed to do it swiftly. Japan had to pay. But Japan was far away and impenetrable. Or was it? In the days following Pearl Harbor, this was the question on President Roosevelt’s mind. It was James “Jimmy” Doolittle […] More
Would “Baa Baa Black Sheep” (Black Sheep Squadron) be the same without Robert Conrad? Often times successful TV shows is a concoction of story, production, and casting. Without all of them lining up, sometimes it’s just not the same. Here we take a look at the star of the show: Robert Conrad, who’s still alive […] More
Background As the Korean War was coming to a close in 1953, the Department of Defense was still disgruntled with not having a MiG-15 in their possession to asses its capabilities. With the new age of jet-powered aircraft trying to assert air superiority, the U.S.’ F-86 Sabres were pitted against Russian made MiGs which were […] More
Ray. Ray Hanna was a legend in aviation and his legacy still stands the test of time. Any who ever saw Ray flying knows that was the best Spitfire pilot around. But even his biggest fans might not know about some of these facts about Ray Hanna. 5. Film Consultant Most people know of Ray […] More
