World War II Journal Blog

by Richard Haynes. In 1941, U.S. Marines were stationed half-way around the world, and approximately two thousand Marines were serving in China and the Philippines under the command of the Commander-in-Chief of the Asiatic Fleet. The 4th Regiment was...

Bellanca 28-90. The Bellanca 28-90 Flash was an American military aircraft derived from an earlier air racer developed in the 1930s for export to Spain to take part in the Spanish Civil War. Although it never reached Spain, the order was diverted to ...

The Aeroneer 1-B was an all-metal light aircraft built in the United States in 1936. It did not reach production, despite an attempt to interest the USAAC in it as a trainer, but it appeared in three Hollywood films.  The Aeroneer 1-B was initially d...