Air War Archives

A Lockheed PV-1 Ventura bomber is shown in flight in the Solomon Islands. During the early days of the Solomons campaign the Ventura was modified to serve as a night fighter with the squadron based at Guadalcanal’s Henderson Field.

Air War

Grey Ghosts Over The Solomons

By Patrick J. Chaisson

It didn’t take long for Rear Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr., to notice how exhausted the men all seemed. Read more

Air War

The Ijmuiden Raids: None Came Back

By Allyn Vannoy

Even as they were being integrated into the European Allied air campaign, the use and operation of American B-26 Marauders, and other medium bombers, was still being worked out—with sometimes, as at IJmuiden, Holland, disastrous results. Read more

Grey Ghosts Over The Solomons

The Ijmuiden Raids: None Came Back

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Attack and defend, the classic quandary

Disaster at Nicopolis

Clear Skies Over Bastogne: Patton’s Prayers Answered

Armored Soldiers at the Battle of the Bulge