Relive history by taking to the skies with History Flight, Inc.-- a 501c3 Non-Profit foundation committed to keeping World War II aviation history alive by operating three of the most important aircraft of WWII and offering clients the chance to actually fly aboard a B-25 bomber or
actually fly the AT-6 or N2S Stearman under the guidance of our certified
flight instructors. No piloting experience required!
History Flight, Inc. operates our
flagship North
American B-25H Mitchell medium bomber
alongside our North
American AT-6 Texan advanced trainers,
our Boeing
N2S Stearman biplane primary trainer,
and our North
American P-51 long-range fighter.
All take part in an annual regional barnstorming
tour to bring warbird rides to local
communities across the United States.
All proceeds from our flights go
directly to fund our ongoing
research and recovery expeditions
dedicated to bringing our Missing in Action servicemen
home from their burial sites in remote battlefields
of WWII. To date, History Flight, Inc. has helped
find over 200 MIAs from locations
in the Pacific Theater.
We invite you to explore our site and learn more about our activities and how you can join us to preserve the past!
This
is significant for us, because the History
Flight team, which has spent roughly
four years researching Tarawa, has been responsible
for locating
the grave sites that JPAC intends to excavate in
an attempt to recover remains of over 200 U.S. Marines
who have been
listed as MIA since the Battle of Tarawa in November
1943.
Over the past several years, History
Flight has directly supported and participated in
archival and field research, mostly conducted by
History Flight's founder, aimed at locating the gravesites of
hundreds of U.S. Marines who were killed on the
island
of Betio during the battle of Tarawa Atoll during
WWII.
Although the deaths of these Marines
were properly recorded, along with details of their
temporary burial locations, subsequent events obscured
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