John "Lucky" Luckadoo flew 25 bombing missions over Europe during the war, surviving some of the most intense air battles of ...

Moore’s MIG kill was the last recorded by a strategic bomber in wartime. He was awarded the Silver Star, the nation’s ...

POOLER, Ga. (WTOC) - The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force needs your help to honor the heroes who gave their lives during World War II. The museum is hosting it’s fifth annual “Flags for ...

On October 8, 1943 John "Lucky" Luckadoo was on his 22nd mission with the 100th bombardment group, or the Bloody Hundredth, in the Eighth Air Force during World War II. Usually, on the later missions ...

Discover the story of Capt. Dewayne "Ben" Bennett, B-17 pilot of the Squawkin' Chicken, who survived the Schweinfurt raid and ...

On Jan. 28, 1942, The U.S. Army Air Corps assigned seven men to the newly formed 8 th Air Force in Savannah, Georgia. At the time, the prospective pilots did not even have a plane, but before the end ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force has now added a new addition to their vast collection. The niece of a WW2 Veteran hand-delivered the scrap book her aunt kept ...

Legendary WW2 pilot and Chattanooga native, Major John "Lucky" Luckadoo passed away at his home in Dallas, Texas on ...

ELSMERE, Delaware (WPVI) -- We want to wish a very special 100th birthday to a local hero. Raymond Firmani of Elsmere, Delaware, was a B-17 pilot in the 486th Heavy Bombardment Group in World War II, ...

The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force has received Tripadvisor's Travelers' Choice Award 2025, ranking among the ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum has hosted 2 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2001 Vignette. The year with the highest average number of views per ...

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. (KSLA) - On Tuesday, Feb 1, the Eighth Air Force, also known as “The Mighty Eighth,” celebrated 80 years of war-fighting history. Eighth Air Force was first activated ...