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Aircraft Development Articles
A-26 (Douglas A-26 Invader)
- The Invader - by Randy Wilson (Fall, 1997)
- Douglas Aircraft's Invader attack and medium bomber spans three wars
A6M2 (Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero)
- A Legend is Born - by Randy Wilson (Summer, 1993)
- Japan's Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero
AT-6 & SNJ (North American AT-6 & SNJ Texan)
- Pilots Are Made Not Born - by Randy Wilson (Winter, 1992)
- U.S. Military trainers of World War II
B-17 (Boeing B-17 Fortress)
- Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - by Jeff Ethell (Spring, 1994)
- America's most famous WWII heavy bomber
B-24 (Consolidated B-24 Liberator)
- Lives of a Liberator - by Randy Wilson (Winter, 1994)
- The Consolidated B-24 Liberator
B-25 & PBJ (North American B-25 & PBJ Mitchell)
- North American's PBJ - by Randy Wilson (Summer, 1997)
- Don't call it a "Blue B-25" in earshot of a Marine!
B-26 (Martin B-26 Marauder)
- One a Day in Tampa Bay! - by Randy Wilson (Winter, 1995)
- Martin's B-26 Marauder
B-29 (Boeing B-29 Superfortress)
- From the XBLR-1 to the B-29 - by Randy Wilson (Fall, 1995)
- Development of America's Global "Superbomber"
C-47 & R4D (Douglas C-47 & R4D Skytrain)
- The Gooney Bird Goes To War - by Randy Wilson (Spring, 1998)
- The Douglas Commercial airliner dons khaki as a workhorse for the Allies
F4F & FM-2 (Grumman F4F & Eastern FM-2 Wildcat)
- The Wilder Wildcats - by Randy Wilson (Winter, 1997)
- General Motors Eastern Aircraft FM-2 proves to be a much improved Wildcat
- The F4F Wildcat - by Jack Morgan (Spring, 1992)
- Grumman's first "Cat"
F4U (Vought F4U Corsair)
- From Bent-winged Bird to Whistling Death - by Randy Wilson (Fall, 1996)
- Vought's F4U Corsair in WWII
F6F (Grumman F6F Hellcat)
- Hellcat: Development of a Legend - by Bill Coombes (Fall, 1998)
- Grumman's F6F Hellcat fighter was one of the best
F8F (Grumman F8F Bearcat)
- The Last of a Breed - by Randy Wilson (Spring, 1995)
- Grumman's F8F Bearcat
Fi 156 (Fieseler Fi 156 Storch)
- The Flight of the Storch - by Randy Wilson (Summer, 1995)
- Germany's Fieseler Fi 156 Storch
He 111 (Heinkel He 111)
- "It's a Heinkel" - by Randy Wilson (Winter, 1996)
- The Luftwaffe's workhorse Heinkel 111 bomber
P-38 (Lockheed P-38 Lightning)
- Lightning From the Ground Up - by Jeff Ethell (Spring, 1993)
- Lockheed's P-38 Lightning
P-39 (Bell P-39 Airacobra)
- The Flying Cobra - by Randy Wilson (Spring, 1997)
- Bell's P-39 Airacobra
P-40 (Curtiss P-40 Warhawk)
- The Hawk Takes Flight - by Randy Wilson (Summer, 1996)
- The Curtiss P-40 Hawks
P-47 (Republic P-47 Thunderbolt)
- Forging the Thunderbolt - by Randy Wilson (Fall, 1994)
- Republic's P-47 Thunderbolt
P-51 (North American P-51 Mustang)
- From Foal to Thoroughbred - by Jeff Ethell (Fall, 1993)
- North American's P-51 Mustang
- Mustang ABCs - by Randy Wilson (Summer, 2002)
- When World War II began, North American Aviation was a relatively small and new company, but that would change with the development of the P-51.
P-63 (Bell P-63 Kingcobra)
- The Lend-Lease Fighter - by Randy Wilson (Winter, 1998)
- Development of Bell's P-63 Kingcobra
PBY (Consolidated PBY Catalina)
- PBY Catalina: By Land or By Sea - by Paul Koskela and Randy Wilson (Summer, 1994)
- The U.S. Navy's oasis in the middle of the ocean
SB2C (Curtiss SB2C Helldiver)
- The Big Tailed Beast - by Randy Wilson (Summer, 1998)
- The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver's difficult birth and entry into combat
TBF & TBM (Grumman TBF& Eastern TBM Avenger)
- Torpedo Bomber! - by Randy Wilson (Spring, 1999)
- Grumman's TBF and Eastern's TBM were America's last torpedo bombers
Trainers (Primary & Basic Trainers)
- Finches and Moths of the Rio Grande Valley - by Randy Wilson (Fall, 2001)
- No, it's not an article on birds and bugs. It is, however, a fascinating study of three rare aircraft whose homes are with the Rio Grande Valley Wing.
- Primary Trainers - The Pilot Makers - by Randy Wilson (Summer, 1999)
- Development of the Army's WWII primary trainers
Engine Development Articles
R-1820 (Wright R-1820 Cyclone)
- The Heart of a Fortress - by Randy Wilson (Spring, 1994)
- Wright's R-1820 Cyclone engine
V-1710 (Allison V-1710)
- The Heart of the Cobra - by Randy Wilson (Spring, 1997)
- Development of the Allison V-1710 Engine
Flying the Planes Articles
A6M2 (Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero)
- Zero Pilot - by Jeff Ethell (Summer, 1993)
- Flying the CAF's A6M2 Zero and dogfighting with a Wildcat
AT-6 & SNJ (North American AT-6 & SNJ Texan)
- All Navy Aviators Can Fly the SNJ - by George Coombes (Winter, 1992)
- A WWII Naval aviator remembers carrier qualifications
F4F & FM-2 (Grumman F4F & Eastern FM-2 Wildcat)
- Flying the Wildcat - by Randy Wilson (Spring, 1992)
- What it's like to fly a Grumman (General Motors) FM-2 Wildcat today
- Bravo Zulu - by Randy Wilson (Spring, 1992)
- A personal account of participation in the decommissioning of the USS Lexington
F4U (Vought F4U Corsair)
- Experiencing a Dream - by Marty Case (Fall, 1996)
- Flying the Corsair for the first time
- Destined to Fly - by Herschel Whittington (Fall, 1996)
- Archie Donahue - Marine Corsair pilot and ace
F6F (Grumman F6F Hellcat)
- And the Men Who Flew Her… - by Bill Coombes (Fall, 1998)
- WWII Naval aviators talk about flying the Hellcat
Fi 156 (Fieseler Fi 156 Storch)
- Flying the Storch - by Randy Wilson (Summer, 1995)
- Flying the Fieseler Fi 156 Storch
P-40 (Curtiss P-40 Warhawk)
- Harnessing the Hawk - by Jeff Ethell (Summer, 1996)
- Flying a P-40E and trying to keep your cool
SB2C (Curtiss SB2C Helldiver)
- Piloting the Beast - by Randy Wilson (Summer, 1998)
- Flying the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver
Trainers (Primary & Basic Trainers)
- Flying the Army Primary Trainers - by Randy Wilson (Summer, 1999)
- A comparison of the Stearman, Fairchild and Ryan PTs.
- The Yellow Peril: N3N - by Laverne Hoestenbach (Winter, 1992)
- The Navy's own primary trainer
Individual CAF Aircraft History Articles
F6F (Grumman F6F Hellcat)
- A "Bar Sinister" Hellcat - by Bill Coombes (Fall, 1998)
- The interesting history of the CAF's Grumman F6F Hellcat
P-63 (Bell P-63 Kingcobra)
- The Rarest of the Rare - by Bill Coombes (Winter, 1998)
- The Ghost Squadron's P-63F is one of only two built
PT-19 (Fairchild PT-19 Cornell)
- The Short Saga of PT-19A, N58123 - by Bill Coombes (Summer, 1999)
- History of the High Sky Wing's PT-19
Other History Articles
[None] (No Specific Aircraft)
- The Spark of Operation Torch - by Billy Wade (Fall, 1992)
- The Allied invasion of North Africa
- The Clash of the Carriers - by Randy Wilson (Spring, 1996)
- US and IJN carrier air power in early 1942
- The Fleet Aircraft Carrier, 1918-1945 - by Randy Wilson (Fall, 1998)
- Chronology of the development of the aircraft carrier
- The Siberian Connection - by Randy Wilson (Winter, 1998)
- American Lend-Lease to the Soviet Union in WWII
- Jeff Ethell - Fighter Writer - by Randy Wilson (Summer, 1997)
- My first meeting with Jeff was in the air
- Divine Wind - by Bill Coombes (Spring, 1995)
- The Japanese secret weapon - kamikaze suicide attacks
- The Final Stepping Stones - by Randy Wilson (Spring, 1995)
- The Pacific Naval air battles of late 1944 and early 1945
- US Naval Aircraft Designations 1939-45 - by Randy Wilson (Winter, 1992)
- Or why a Navy AT-6 is really an SNJ
- Pointblank, Noballs and the Chattanooga Choo Choo - by Randy Wilson (Summer, 1994)
- American airpower in support of the Normandy invasion
B-17 (Boeing B-17 Fortress)
- Famous B-17 Crewmen - by Paul Koskela (Fall, 1999)
- Some of these "ordinary kids" went on to fame and fortune
- Boats, Boats Boats! - by Randy Wilson (Spring, 2004)
- D-Day from the tail of a B-17.
B-24 (Consolidated B-24 Liberator)
- Ploesti - by Bob Worley (Winter, 1994)
- Fortunes of war prevented a daring raid from crippling German oil supplies
B-25 & PBJ (North American B-25 & PBJ Mitchell)
- PBJ Oral Histories - by The Oral History Givers (Summer, 1997)
- Two PBJ pilots look back 50+ years at the same mission
F6F (Grumman F6F Hellcat)
- "Fabled Fifteen": A Brief History of VF-15 - by Bill Coombes (Fall, 1998)
- The Navy's most successful squadron of WWII
P-63 (Bell P-63 Kingcobra)
- Pinball Wizards of the Air - by Randy Wilson (Winter, 1998)
- America's frangible bullet and live aerial gunnery training program
SB2C (Curtiss SB2C Helldiver)
- Coming Aboard the Hard Way! - by Randy Wilson (Summer, 1998)
- An SB2C gunner has to land his damaged plane aboard the carrier