It's quite a bit of history to see." The P-47 pilots ended WWII with 3,752 air-to-air kills while flying more than 423,000 sorties. "Thanks for making us the greatest Air Force in the world ...

One of the last living P-47 pilots spoke about his time in the war. Veteran pilot Robert Huddleston joined Thursday’s meeting via video call. He told stories and shared experiences on his time ...

Cottrell ended the war with sixty-five combat missions under his belt in his trusty P-47. As The National Interest has recently reported, World War II fighter pilots (not to mention WWII veterans ...

BILLINGS -- In a deadly dance over the farm fields of Luxembourg, eight American pilots stumbled ... missions during World War II, but engaged in only one dogfight. The P-47 Thunderbolts he ...

HENDERSONVILLE - Fifteen aviation students from Arden’s Christ School and their instructors listened intently as Hendersonville resident and World War II P-47 Pilot Ed Cottrell described his harrowing ...

The P-47 was powered by a 2,000 horsepower ... which was one of the best American planes used in World War II When fully loaded (pilot, fuel, weapons, etc.) it tipped the scales at over 17,500 ...

The 101-year-old veteran fighter pilot flew in numerous missions more than 80 years earlier across the Pacific Ocean during World War II. So the visit ... when he flew a P-47 fighter plane that ...

He was a World War II fighter pilot ... Mr. Faikus worked on patrol missions and bomber escorts, flying P-39 Airacobras and P-47 Thunderbolts. He later worked on ground-attack operations.

HENDERSONVILLE - Fifteen aviation students from Arden’s Christ School and their instructors listened intently as Hendersonville resident and World War II P-47 Pilot Ed Cottrell described his ...