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WWII aviation

Silent Wings over Normandy—the U.S. Army Air Corps glider program honored in Lubbock, Texas
8 Oct 2016

Silent Wings over Normandy—the U.S. Army Air Corps glider program honored in Lubbock, Texas

by Thomas Wilmer | posted in: Travel Stories | 0

Come along and join Eddy Grigsby, Assistant Museum Manager at the Silent Wings Museum as he visits with NPR podcast host, Tom Wilmer. Close to 14,000 glider aircraft were manufactured for combat roles in the European theater of WWII. The … Continued

Lubbock Texas, Texas, U.S. Army Air Corps Glider Program, WWII aviation
Yankee Air Museum at Willow Run
17 Jun 2015

Yankee Air Museum at Willow Run

by Thomas Wilmer | posted in: Travel Stories | 0

In the depths of WWII, Ford Motor Corporation opened the Willow Run Bomber plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan in 1942 on the outskirts of Detroit. Under the direction of Edsel Ford, Willow Run produced B-24 aircraft in a 5 million square-foot … Continued

Ann Arbor, B-24, Kevin Walsh, Michigan, Willow Run, WWII aviation, Yankee Air Museum
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