Honoring the Veterans

Gone West: Tuskegee Airman Herbert Carter - from Aero-News Network | Passed Away In Alabama At The Age Of 95 Retired Col. Herbert E. Carter died Thursday at East Alabama Medical Center, according to a news release from Tuskegee University. He was 95. Carter was a university alumnus and member of the original cadre of the 99th Fighter Squadron of the famed Tuskegee Airmen.

WWII B-17 bomber here for Veterans Day flights, tours - Bay News 9 | William Yepes undid his hook-eye seat belt and walked gingerly down into the nose of an authentic World War II B-17 bomber. The bombardier sat himself in the center seat, guns on each side, and looked over Tampa. "I feel at home here," Yepes said ...

Flight of a lifetime for World War II pilot - Seguin Gazette-Enterprise | “I was a pilot and they sent me to India and there I was assigned to airplanes that flew gasoline to the Flying Tigers,” he said. “I only had one uncomfortable incident. I was coming home one night and we ran out of fuel in the airplane and I had to ...

Quincy veteran takes step back in time with ride on B-25 bomber - Quincy Herald Whig  | Giannell got to take a ride in a B-25 bomber that made a flyover during Quincy's Veterans Parade. Some 60 years ago, the soon-to-be 86-year-old Giannell used to fly the same planes when he was a member of the Air Force. "I couldn't believe I was there ...

WW II Aviator Links Chinese Province, NC - Southern Pines Pilot | On this Veterans Day, we reflect on battles in the recent past and long ago, and the sacrifice of many for this nation. For Moore County, it's the service of one in particular that continues to return dividends decades after his death. Robert Hoyle ...

Doolittle's Raiders And The Miracle That Saved Them - Forbes | My thoughts go to the Doolittle's Raiders this Veteran's Day, four of whom I recently spoke with during the 15 Annual American Veteran's Center conference. April 18th of this year marked the 70th anniversary of the “Doolittle Raid” on military targets ...

Pilot tells of 'lucky' escape - Brisbane Times | "I really can't remember a lot other than the fact that I was scheduled to take off at 10 o'clock from Archerfield Royal Queensland Aero Club and then I was in a paddock," he said. Pilot Daren Snell discusses his miraculous escape from a Beaudesert ...

'That was Liberation' - Monroe News Star | Russell A. Brown of Monroe with photographs from his days in the Air Force in World War II. Brown trained as a navigator at Selman Field and was on his 42nd mission when his B-17 was shot down over Germany. He was captured and held in POW camps for ...

For love of country and 'Stinky' - Youngstown Vindicator | After getting his crew out, Donald Freer let go of the controls of his burning B-17 bomber and dived through the front hatch to escape — but his parachute caught and left him dangling. He dragged himself back into the plane, hard-hit by anti-aircraft ...

A hero among us - The Daily Statesman | "I was supposed to be the flight engineer on the B-17 -- the Flying Fortress -- but the fellow who was supposed to be the gunner in the ball turret was too large," Swinger recalled recently during a rare occasion at which he agreed to have his story ...

Aviator recalls WW II missions in South Pacific - Joliet Herald News | But besides loading thousands of the photos Hess took or appears in onto an iPad, his daughter recently gave the veteran a hardcover book she made of “The Aviator's” pictures. And almost every image has a fascinating story behind it. The 91-year-old ...

Everett WWII veteran survived 52 bombing missions in B-25 - HeraldNet | Everett veteran Ralph Lower (back row, far left) is shown with the "Desert Warrior" Mitchell B-25 bomber he piloted in North Africa during World War II as part of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force. After flying 52 missions, Lower toured the United States in ...

In the murderous skies over Europe, Lowcountry flyer helped make the world safe - Hilton Head Island Packet | Ross M. Pascall Sr. of Hilton Head Island could be considered a typical World War II veteran, if there were anything typical about surviving 35 missions in a B-17 bomber shot up like a sieve from the ground and air. He was a typical Maplewood, N.J ...

Remembering our veterans, and Herbert Carter from AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points by Mike Collins | As we pause to remember and give thanks to our veterans, this year I am reflecting particularly on those who served in World War II, a population that sadly grows smaller every day. Few members of that modest “Greatest Generation” have a more compelling tale than the Tuskegee Airmen, the first black military pilots, who had to fight for the right and privilege to serve their country in combat from the pilot’s seat of a warbird....

Contest win sends brothers tracing the footsteps of their bomber pilot father - Austin American-Statesman | He and his brother will explore the old airbase and other haunts of their father, who served as a B-17 bomber pilot during World War II. Tom Ingram, pictured, is wearing the pin and hat of the 8th Air Force, where his dad served as part of the 388th ...

Vet seeks to clear name of Army Air Corps pilot - Dubuque Telegraph Herald | Dubuquer George Davis is officially blamed for the 1943 crash of a B17 in Arkansas in which 9 died...