Because of its ability to attack targets that were hundreds of miles away from its airbases in England, the bombers of World War II were vital assets to the Allied war effort. Tasked with the ...

The Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" was Japan’s most ambitious World War II bomber—and its crews' deadliest trap. Known to American pilots as the "Flying Lighter" for its terrifying tendency to burst into ...

Underwater archaeologists have located a World War II B-17 in the Baltic Sea, and recovered artifacts may help identify the missing crew.

Malcolm Rubin grew up in Elmira and, after studying at Cornell University, joined the U.S. Army Air Forces. Rubin was a bombardier on a B-24 Liberator bomber that was shot down in November 1944 over ...

Watch biographer discuss fate of Elmira WWII airman whose bomber was shot down in Germany Robert Steele wrote a book about 10 airmen, including Elmiran Malcolm Rubin, who were killed in a World War II ...