On January 28, 1942, the Eighth Air Force was activated in the former National Guard Armory in downtown Savannah, Georgia. Its mission held two critical components. The first, destroy the German Luftwaffe…
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A February 28, 1944 press release from the 352nd Fighter Group focuses on Col. Joe L. Mason and a daring mission over Germany. Mason is highly praised as the article relates him to the Canadian Mounted Police, Scotland…
Major James Howard “ONE MAN AIR FORCE” Medal of Honor Recipient 9thAF, WWII On January 11, 1944 Major Howard single-handedly flew his P-51 into some thirty Luftwaffe fighters that were attacking a formation of 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bombers over Oschersleben, Germany. –…
Scott W. Loehr is a third generation Floridian, having been born and raised in Fort Lauderdale. He earned a B.A. in History from Florida State University and an M.A. in History, with…
