World War II Pilot reflects on his last flight of the war
A 101-year-old Southbury man recounted his remarkable story as a World War II Fighter pilot Saturday morning in Oxford.
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WWII pilot Jay Manown laid to rest 80 years later
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Charlie Brown, the West Virginia bomber pilot that was saved by an enemy pilot in World War II
A West Virginian man was flying a damaged B-17 bomber that was about to be shot down by German forces during World War II when he was saved by an unlikely ally who would eventually become a good ...
WWII pilot, longtime owner of L.P. Athol Corp., Vincent “Bill” J. Purple dies at 100
World War II pilot and longtime owner of L.P. Athol Corp., Vincent “Bill” J. Purple died in his Petersham home. He was 100.
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These Are the Most Important Allied Women of World War 2
Over the course of World War II, many women stepped out of societal norms to take on roles that were essential to the Allied ...
World War II pilot buried at Houston National Cemetery nearly 8 decades after his death
World War II pilot Bruce H. Brown, nearly 82 years after his plane went down in France, was buried at Houston National ...
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World War II Pilot reflects on his last flight of the war
SOUTHBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — A 101-year-old Southbury man recounted his remarkable story as a World War II Fighter pilot Saturday morning in Oxford. It’s been over 80 years since Joel Abramson ...
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World War II pilot to be laid to rest on Friday at the Houston National Cemetery
The pilot, Bruce H. Brown, was identified almost 80 years after he died and his next of kin lives in Houston. Community ...
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WWII pilot, longtime owner of L.P. Athol Corp., Vincent “Bill” J. Purple dies at 100
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The Lake City woman who taught WWII pilots
The Winona County Historical Society has a local history program coming up. Come learn about the WASPS of World War II and Ethel Meyer Finley on November 7 at 6 ...