Pilot John Leppla, right, was a WWII Navy ace, credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat ... with downing a Japanese D3A dive bomber and five B5N torpedo bombers.

When one thinks of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier operations in the ... The SBDs, however, were credited with downing a Japanese D3A dive bomber and five B5N torpedo bombers. Although the Battle ...

At Midway, the Dauntless was credited with sinking or mortally wounding each of the four Japanese aircraft carriers involved in the battle.

The remains of WWII US airman Robert T. McCollum, a 22-year-old from Cleveland, have been officially identified in the aircraft wreckage nearly 80 years after he was killed in action. The Defense ...

After nearly 80 years, the remains of US airman Robert McCollum have been found and identified in the wreckage of a WWII bomber aircraft. Credit: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency The remains of WWII ...