At Midway, the Dauntless was credited with sinking or mortally wounding each of the four Japanese aircraft carriers involved in the battle. Arguably the most important U.S. aircraft in World War II’s ...

In vivid detail, Norman “Dusty” Kleiss recalled those few minutes 62 years ago when he and the type of airplane suspended overhead helped tilt the balance of naval power in the Pacific. Cruising at 22 ...

Many stories of the Battle of Midway highlight the role of cryptography in breaking Japanese codes and the herculean effort to repair USS Yorktown after the battle of the Coral Sea so that she could ...

When one thinks of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier operations in the months leading up to the Battle of Midway, one name that readily comes to mind is Lt. Edward “Butch” O’Hare, the F4F-3 Wildcat pilot ...

When collecting vintage aircraft, the USS Midway Museum prefers the real thing. Except when the only known examples of the real thing are on the bottom of the ocean. The popular museum — a ...

Over the past few years, the United States and the rest of the Western world generally have slowly been waking up to this reality. In February 2016, Admiral Harry Harris, chief of US Pacific Command, ...

This film is based on the story of my father, Ensign Thomas Ramsay, and his adventures at Midway. He led his squadron of SBDs in the attack that so severely damaged HIJMS KAGA that the Japanese were ...

Al coleccionar aviones antiguos, el Museo USS Midway prefiere lo legítimo. Excepto cuando los únicos ejemplares reales están en el fondo del mar. El popular museo, un portaaviones fuera de servicio ...

BROCKTON — During World War II, city native Henry LaBonte was a dive bomber at the Battle of Midway who was awarded two medals for heroism and achievement during flight. To his family, he was a golfer ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Single engine, low wing, carrier based scout/dive bomber.Both sides of fuselage: "109," U. S. star and bar insignia.