The majority of U.S. aces served in World War II, and moreover ... little Perry and his family emigrated to the United States, settling in Seattle, Washington. Displaying a youthful eagerness ...
On the corner of Oak and Washington Streets sits a brick marker that is easy to overlook. Dedicated in March 2001, it honors ...
Which is a crying shame, as he was actually the first American air ace of WWII, as well as a member ... it was the first scheduled cargo airline in the United States—founded in 1945 and ...
Well, the answer isn’t so simple. Some argue the credit for the top “Flying Leatherneck” fighter ace should actually go to ...
Navy pilot John Leppla was credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and ...
A WW2 base builder with an aviation twist, an all-new Ground of Aces demo is available for free on Steam right now, if you ...
Japan is remembering the 105,000 people killed in a single night, 80 years ago Monday, in the U.S. firebombing of the ...
Pilot John Leppla, right, was a WWII Navy ace, credited with shooting ... I shot for both of us and believe I got three.” At that point, Leppla had probably been wounded or killed, while another ...
Edward “Butch” O’Hare, the F4F-3 Wildcat pilot whose five aerial victories in defense of the carrier Lexington on Feb. 20, 1942, made him both the Navy’s first World War II fighter ace and ...