The Handley Page Halifax fourengined heavy bomber was the unsung hero of Bomber Command during the Second World War It flew over 39000 sorties over enemy territory towed gliders dropped agents ...

To Colonel Gail “Hal” Halvorsen, who became known worldwide as the Candy Bomber, the Berlin Airlift was healing balm on the wounds of war. He and his fellow American pilots dropped more than ...

The war was fought on many fronts, from dog-fights in the skies over Kent to the barricades of resistance in Warsaw. Stories of secret missions, terrifying battles, survival and rescue are here ...

Sky Force stands out in the crowd of war movies we’ve had to watch (or endure) over the past decade. We have had no dearth of war movies in that time, with many following the same template and some ...

Back in 1942, John Wayne, who had strong Irish links, starred alongside Joan Blondell in the film Lady for a Night. The plot revolves around a woman who owns a casino steamboat and eventually a ...

But did you know that the movie’s Memphis Belle steamboat inspired the name of the World War 2 B-17 bomber? Marking the film’s 83rd anniversary this week, Wayne’s estate posted the fact on ...

By mid-1942, half a year after America entered the war, however, the U.S. Navy needed its own land-based heavy bomber capable of flying long distances with heavy ordnance loads. The Navy ordered ...