It was supposed to be a routine mission. On April 10, 1944, Maj. Donald K. Willis, flying with the 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, was tasked with escorting an Allied bombing run on a Nazi ...
Second Lt. Lester L. Lowry was flying a P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft when he lost control in heavy cloud and dove straight into the ground on Jan. 26, 1944 Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She ...
WINDSOR LOCKS, Connecticut -- Officials on Thursday identified all the victims who were either killed or injured in the deadly World War II-era plane crash at Bradley International Airport in ...