It was Aug. 15, 1945, when Mandeberg was killed in the last aerial dogfight of the war. He was piloting one of several F6F ...

Ensign Eugene Mandeberg, a U.S. Naval Aviator and Detroit native, will be laid to rest with full military honors in Livonia.

Time has not dulled the mystique or romance of First World War dogfights. Nearly 100 years on, the thought of silk scarves, goggles and biplanes in battle ...

Dungan said he then survived the wildest dogfight of his life, eventually shooting down an adversary who, from the markings on his plane, appeared to be the Japanese group leader. The pilot ...

Pilot and Air Force officer Lt. Col. Matt Ziemann rates eight World War II dogfight scenes in movies for realism. He discusses the accuracy of real World War II-era dogfights portrayed in ...

To a World War II history buff, the iconic Millennium Falcon from "Star Wars" resembles one of the best-known bombers of all time. The greenhouse cockpit configuration, along with the gun turrets ...

My grandfather was in a reserved occupation - he worked for Scottish Oils in their laboratories, and he was working in their Grangemouth site at the start of the war. He had climbed to the top of ...