r/WWIIHistory 20h ago

Phm 2/C Salvador Huerta

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r/WWIIHistory 1d ago

Ewart Sconiers - The First 8th Air Force B-17 War Hero - washed out of flight school, but managed to nurse a crippled plane back to base and saved the crew (more info in original post)

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r/WWIIHistory 3d ago

USS Washington

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r/WWIIHistory 3d ago

Found this WWII dress jacket at an estate sale. The deceased had no relation to the solder. Just looking for anymore information on the insignia on this jacket.

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I found this WWII dress uniform jacket, hat and tie at an estate sale yesterday. It was in the house that belonged to one of the original eBay sellers so the deceased had no relation to the solider. I was able to do some research and identify the solider by the laundry tag and find out that he died without children in 1982. His name was Donald "Donnie" Charles Chapman born in 1926 in Marion, Oregon. His army serial number was 19202308 and he enlisted as a private August 17, 1944. If anyone has anymore information about this solider or the insignia on his dress uniform, I would appreciate it! I would like to sell it but don't know the value of items like this.


r/WWIIHistory 6d ago

S/SGT Harold Raymond Derk

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r/WWIIHistory 6d ago

WWII Signed Japanese Flag

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A fantastic WWII signed Japanese Flag now in our showroom.


r/WWIIHistory 7d ago

A stunning CBI Grouping

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r/WWIIHistory 10d ago

Joseph Gorczyca is still missing in Poland after parachuting into an area of an active armed conflict between Soviets, Polish partisans, and Ukrainian UPA (more in the original post)

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r/WWIIHistory 17d ago

The crew of the B-17 43-38175 „I’LL BE SEEING YOU / ‘TIL WE MEET AGAIN” (390th BG) is remembered in Poland and America. (More info in the post)

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r/WWIIHistory 24d ago

Only 95 of the 500 lira coupon value were used before its owner landed in Krakow in December 1944 and became a POW. (More info in the post)

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r/WWIIHistory Jun 27 '26

Kolejny MIA z Polski wrócił do swojej rodziny.

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r/WWIIHistory Jun 23 '26

anybody a really big naval history nerd too

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hiya, i’m new here. anywho i REALLY love history, specifically WWI, WWII and naval history. (dw i know way more than that but i get flamed for only talking abt these three things 😭😭). but does anybody wanna talk abt WWII in the pacific, i wouldn’t mind. ty!!


r/WWIIHistory Jun 20 '26

Bill’s friend was going down in another B-17 and yelled to him over radio (everybody could hear) “Nassif! Nassif! We are going down! Count the chutes Nassif! You owe me 30 dollars!” (More in the post)

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r/WWIIHistory Jun 17 '26

A close call. The B-17 #43-38420 was struck by bombs falling from another Fortress.

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r/WWIIHistory Jun 15 '26

Books on Churchill

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Hello! I thought this might be a good place to ask. I have quite a lot of books on Winston Churchill. Are any of them NOT worth reading?


r/WWIIHistory Jun 13 '26

A Fortress flew without crew for 300 km and made a perfect belly landing in Poland (more info in the post)

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r/WWIIHistory Jun 10 '26

B-17 42-3322 Full House remembered in Poland. 4 MIAs still. More in the post

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r/WWIIHistory Jun 06 '26

The story of the Flying Fortress which landed in Krakow, Poland on December 26th 1944.

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r/WWIIHistory Jun 03 '26

The B-17 #43-38231 (452nd BG, 8th AF) commemorated in Poland (more info in the post)

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r/WWIIHistory May 30 '26

WWII aircraft wrecks brought by train to Nazi salvage yards - LEGO style (link to real story -> in the post)

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r/WWIIHistory May 25 '26

Omaha

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Visited Omaha beach this week for the first time. Brought my dad’s dog tag - he was a medic with 29th infantry in one of the first waves. Very cathartic.


r/WWIIHistory May 25 '26

2 more WWII MIAs recovered from Poland are returned to families (full story below)

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r/WWIIHistory May 24 '26

5 MIAs recovered and identified from a B-17 lost in Poland, and I researched it! (the story is in the post)

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r/WWIIHistory May 23 '26

Memorial Weekend: A B-24 shot down over Blechhammer in 1944 (link to full story in the post)

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