By Todd DePastino On December 17, 1944, hundreds of American bombers crossed Central Europe on a mission against Nazi Germany’s synthetic fuel industry. One of them, a B-24J Liberator known only by the number painted on its fuselage—“White 47”—never returned. The airplane broke apart nearly five miles above Silesia and fell into a snowy
We said goodbye to one of our most memorable and famous VBC veterans, John "Lucky" Luckadoo, who was the last surviving pilot from World War II's "Bloody Hundredth" 100th Bomb Group. Luckadoo died September 1, 2025, at the age of 103. John Luckadoo survived 25 harrowing missions as a B-17 Flying Fortress pilot over
written by Marilyn Walton WWII Eighth Air Force historian and US POW expert, Marilyn Walton, has written a guide to viewing rare archival footage of Stalag VII-A at Moosburg in Germany at the end of World War II. Marilyn served as an advisor on the Apple TV + series Masters of the Air and
Written by Colonel Chip Cobb, USA (ret) The story below came to us from VBC Member Colonel Chip Cobb, USA (ret), whose uncle, SSgt Dana White Cobb, was killed in Italy in World War II. Dana was serving as a B-24 waist gunner with the 98th Bomb Group when his bomber was shot down on
HENDERSONVILLE – On March 28, 2025, Lt. Col. Dr. Edwin (Ed Cotty) Cottrell (1922–2025) went to join his beloved wife Mildred (Millie) in heaven. He passed peacefully at the Elizabeth House in Hendersonville, NC, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Oklahoma City, OK, to the late Elmer B.
General George C. Marshall (1945) Vietnam Army Veteran Frank Sciullo recently shared a letter written by WWII Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall to men being discharged from the Army in 1945-1946. Frank ran across the letter in a new book by Michelle Wright, The Secret Diary: The True Story
