SYDNEY: Eight decades after it was last in the sky, an American bomber known as the Hell’n Pelican II is making its way back to Papua New Guinea, where it crash-landed during World War II. On Thursday ...

World War II veteran Maury Boulais celebrated his 100th birthday surrounded by friends and family — on the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A B-25 bomber flight honoring World War II veterans this weekend has been postponed due to weather. Honor Flight Bluegrass was scheduled to fly World War II veterans for ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer cited “growing Russian aggression” as he outlined ambitious rearmament plans, including building up to 12 attack submarines.

On the night of 30 May, 890 bombers reached Cologne. The bombing did not create a general firestorm, as in Lübeck, but it did cause massive damage. According to German figures, 469 people were ...

The Avro Lancaster bomber (right) alongside an Airbus BelugaXL (Airbus/PA) The aircraft was built in May 1945 during the Broughton site’s early years as a shadow factory for manufacturing bombers. The ...

A famous WWII aircraft has returned home to her "birthplace", now Airbus’ wing building factory in Broughton 80 years on. The Avro Lancaster bomber conducted a number of flypasts over the ...

A man in Marengo, Illinois, is on a mission to fully restore a World War II-era B-17 bomber—a project he’s been diligently working on in a roadside barn for the past 40 years.

A Douglas A-20 Havoc Bomber, known by its nickname Hell’n Pelican II, currently stored at Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley in Ipswich, will be transported to Port of Townsville via ...

The boy who built a WW2 bomber sees it fly again. 30 May 2025. Share Save. Matthew Richards. BBC News. Share Save. Sgt Grayson/PA Wire. This Lancaster bomber was built in 1945 at Broughton.