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 and our Boeing N2S Stearman biplane primary trainer. 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!
Over the past several years, History
Flight has directly supported and participated in
archival and field research aimed at locating the
mass 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
the locations of several mass gravesites, and following
the war the remains of many of those
interred on Betio were never recovered and returned
to the U.S.
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Having located the grave sites of over
200 U.S. Marines on the island, the History Flight
team submitted a 400-page report to senior members
of the Department of Defense with the objective of
having DoD effect the
recovery of these
Marines. So we are pleased to see the following language
in the 2010
National Defense Authorization Act:
Title V, Subtitle
E, Section 541 of the Act states that Congress "...acknowledges
the dedicated research and efforts by persons to identify,
locate,
and advocate
for the recovery of remains from Tarawa;" and " ...encourages
the Department of Defense to review this research
and, as appropriate,
pursue
new efforts
to conduct field studies, new research, and undertake
all feasible efforts to recover, identify, and return
remains of members of the Armed Forces from Tarawa.
You
can read all of Subtitle E by clicking here.
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