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Story K-Ships vs. U-Boats Posted on Jul 08, 2020

Historian Thomas Paone explores the important role played by K-ships in hunting German U-Boats during World War II.

Topics: Aircraft Airships Balloons Military aviation War and Conflict World War II
Story Remembering Edward Lewis “Whitey” Feightner Posted on Jul 06, 2020

Curator Laurence Burke looks back on the extensive career of Navy pilot Edward L. “Whitey” Feightner

Topics: Aviation Military aviation People War and Conflict World War II
Story Air Transport Command and the Airlines During World War II Posted on Jun 26, 2020

During World War II, airlines worked closely with the military to further the war effort by transporting people and materiel. Bob van der Linden, curator of air transportation, discusses Air Transport Command.

Topics: Aviation Commercial aviation War and Conflict World War II
Story  “Wonder Weapons” and Slave Labor Posted on Jun 23, 2020

Curator Michael Neufeld discusses how Nazi Germany's high-tech weapons were assembled in part by forced and slave labor from the various Nazi camp systems.

Topics: Missiles War and Conflict Weapons World War II
Story Mutiny at Freeman Field: The Tuskegee Airmen on Trial, Part 2 Posted on Jun 09, 2020

In 1945, the Tuskegee Airmen of the 477th Bombardment Group protested discrimination at Freeman Field through pre-planned displays of resistance against the segregated officers' clubs.

Topics: People African American or Black people Society and Culture World War II
Story A Pattern of Resistance: The Tuskegee Airmen on Trial, Part 1 Posted on Jun 09, 2020

The Tuskegee Airmen’s fight for equality involved more than their skills in the air. It required coordinated, collective actions of civil disobedience in which 162 officers risked their careers and their lives to stand up against systemic racism in the US Army Air Forces (AAF).

Topics: Military aviation People African American or Black people War and Conflict World War II
Story Flying on the Homefront: Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) Posted on May 20, 2020

Aeronautics curator Dorothy Cochrane explores the history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) and their fight for recognition for their contributions to World War II.

Topics: Aviation Military aviation People Women World War II
Story Fighting Gliders of World War II Posted on May 08, 2020

Curator Russell Lee explores a lesser-known form of World War II aviation: the fighting glider.

Topics: Aviation Ultralights Aircraft War and Conflict World War II
Story Last American Aerial Victory in Europe Posted on May 08, 2020

For the 75th anniversary of VE Day, curator Christopher Moore shares the story of the last American World War II aerial victory in Europe.

Topics: Aviation War and Conflict World War II
Story Remembering World War II Through Art Posted on May 07, 2020

Carolyn Russo, curator of the Museum's art collection, shares the story behind the painting November 1944, by artist Robert Jordan, who served in World War II and was a Prisoner of War at Luft IV POW camp.

Topics: Art War and Conflict World War II