Aviation History

Aviation History Magazine is an authoritative, in-depth history of world aviation from its origins to the Space Age. Aviation History offers air enthusiasts the most detailed coverage of the history of manned flight, with action-packed stories and illustrations that put the reader in the cockpit with pilots and military (army, navy, and marine)aviators to experience aviation’s greatest dramas.

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Aviation History • MAY 2022 /VOL. 32, NO. 5

EYEWITNESS

BRIEFING

THE FIRST AIR FORCE ACE OF THE VIETNAM WAR • YOU NEED FIVE AERIAL VICTORIES TO BECOME AN ACE. RICHARD “STEVE” RITCHIE KNOWS HOW DIFFICULT THAT IS

JUST JANE GETS A FACELIFT • A BRITISH MUSEUM GIVES ITS PRIZE LANCASTER A NEW LEASE ON LIFE

BIG IN ITS DAY • THE DOUGLAS XB-19 WAS ONCE THE LARGEST AIRCRAFT IN THE WORLD, BUT FEW REMEMBER THIS BOMBER PROTOTYPE NOW

PUBLIC APPEAL • WORLD WAR I POSTERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD SOUGHT TO CAPITALIZE ON THE GLAMOUR OF AIR COMBAT

THE CANDY BOMBER

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THE LUFTWAFFE’S LOST CAUSE • EVEN BEFORE BATTLE BEGAN RAGING AROUND THE RUSSIAN CITY OF KURSK, THE ODDS WERE STACKED AGAINST NAZI GERMANY—THANKS TO A LACK OF AIR SUPERIORITY.

THEWAR HAWK AND THE PELICAN • INSPIRED BY THE WRIGHT BROTHERS, HUGH WILLOUGHBY SET OUT TO MAKE HIS OWN MARK ON THE NEW WORLD OF AVIATION

A BAPTISM BY FIRE • THERE WERE TWO REASONS WHY PILOTS IN WILLOWS, CALIFORNIA, SPEARHEADED THE IDEA OF BATTLING FOREST FIRES FROM THE AIR. THEIR NAMES WERE JOE ELY AND FLOYD NOLTA

THE FATHER OF AERIAL BOMBARDMENT • NEAR THE DAWN OF THE AIR AGE, AN ARMY LIEUTENANT REALIZED THAT THE AIRPLANE PROVIDED THE ULTIMATE HIGH GROUND.

LOST AND FOUND • ALMOST 70 YEARS AFTER A B-24 LIBERATOR FAILED TO RETURN TO ITS BASE, AN ITALIAN SLEUTH SOLVED THE MYSTERY OF ITS DISAPPEARANCE

REVIEWS

MYSTERY SHIP • Can you identify this sleek but awkward flying behemoth? See the answer below.

TODAY IN HISTORY

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