VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — For 50 years, a WWII United States Navy dive bomber sat under 177 feet of water at the bottom of Lake Michigan. Now, the plane, a Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless, has made its way ...

Correspondent photo / Maurita Hoffman George Lutza, 99, of Youngstown, served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was trained as an aviation machinist. YOUNGSTOWN — George Lutza grew up on the ...

PORTAGE, Mich. (WOOD) — An airplane from World War Two has been restored after five years of hard work from volunteers. Now, it’s set for another takeoff. “We have a Douglas Aircraft Built SB9-2P ...

The bomber’s pilot, 1st Lt. Herbert G. Tennyson, a former hotel clerk from Wichita, approached the target at an altitude of about 8,000 feet. His B-24 carried eight bombs, an array of heavy machine ...

In July 1921, US aircraft demonstrated how air attacks could swiftly dispatch modern warships. The tests were an early glimpse of the changes aviation would bring to naval warfare. The impact of those ...

Last March, Don Long (left) shook hands with Pat Patteson at the Travis Air Force Base airshow in California. The World War II veterans both had experiences in PBY Catalinas in the Pacific and flew PV ...

AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — James Carlile recently turned 100 years old. The World War II veteran sat down with Nexstar’s KAMR to speak about his time in the United States Navy and share his stories ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Mona Morgan Gross, 89, of Grand Rapids, died on June 29, 2014 after a long, adventurous life. Gross was born in Portland, Maine, to parents William and Laura (Hamilton) Morgan on ...