by Mark LoProto | Oct 29, 2019 | Pearl Harbor Heroes, Recent News, USAAF, Wheeler Army Air Field
On October 26, 2019, a man who became a hero on December 7, 1941 was again recognized for his bravery and selflessness in the face of the ferocious Japanese assault. Second Lieutenant Kenneth Taylor succeeded in doing what the attackers had hoped would be an...
by Mark LoProto | Oct 22, 2018 | Pacific Aviation Museum, US Aircraft, USAAF, World War II Weaponry
Despite the desperate need for pilots after the outbreak of World War II, American servicemen didn’t just undergo a few hours of on-the-ground training before being allowed to take control of actual warplanes. They needed time in the cockpit of an actual aircraft, one...
