In the spring of 1944, a young American pilot named George took to the skies in the Avenger torpedo bomber during brutal Pacific battles. Facing deadly anti-aircraft fire, mechanical challenges, and ...

The last time anyone saw three newly-rediscovered military aircraft, U.S. forces were pummeling Japanese targets in the western Pacific during World War II."Operation Hailstone" in February 1944 was a ...

It was vintage Twilight Zone. Fourteen men in five Avenger torpedo bombers took off from Fort Lauderdale Naval Air Station on a sunny afternoon on Dec. 5, 1945. With World War II a four-month-old ...

When the TBF Avenger was unveiled on December 7, 1941, it was meant to be a game changer. Instead, its first combat mission at the Battle of Midway was a catastrophic failure, with five of six planes ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. During the late 1930s the U.S. Navy ...