How a World War II fighter pilot from Mojave — with the eyes of an eagle — avenged his wingman’s death

Among the survivors of the relentless, high-altitude peril during World War II was a 23-year-old Army Air Force captain, R.C. Franklin of Mojave.
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INTERVIEW: WWII pilot who shot down German jet fighter to speak at EAA AirVenture

OSHKOSH, Wis. (WBAY) - A classic plane will make its AirVenture debut next week: the German ME 262, the first jet fighter plane in the world. It hit the skies late in World War II, too late to reverse ...
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Remains of World War II fighter pilot Captain Arthur Lingo identified and returned home

KERN COUNTY, Calif. – On Monday, the Department of Defense's POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that the remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Captain Arthur M. Lingo of Fellows, California -who was killed ...
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How the Nazis used vanity to lure pilots to their deaths

Vanity’s darker cousin is envy. It wasn’t only the formal thresholds that drove pilots to extremes. When a former squadron-mate was singled out for public praise – his name trumpeted in the daily ...