After more than eight decades, James Burrowes had just about given up hope of ever knowing what truly happened to his uncle Tom, an Air Force fighter who disappeared in World War II.

The decades-long search for Amelia Earhart, her aircraft, and her navigator Fred Noonan, has been both controversial and costly.

A former RAAF jet fighter will be rebuilt by an amateur team of restorers in the second such project for a south-west New South Wales men's shed.

A memorial, including a replica of the aircraft and a plaque made out of a stone recovered from the crash site, has been unveiled in York.

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The Federated States of Micronesia's biggest tourism asset has become one of its largest threats, with as much as 22 million litres of oil from World War II shipwrecks slowly leaking into the ocean.

Trainees in Papua New Guinea will learn to remove unexploded ordnance, as fading memories of World War II expose more people to the conflict's dangerous legacy.

The federal government has re-established the Number 12 Squadron in SA at the same time as Australia's anti-submarine capability is expanding with the arrival of new aircraft.

After vanishing over the Pacific in 1942, Sgt. Thomas Cotner of Casper was presumed lost forever. Now eight decades later, wreckage of the B-17 Flying…

A World War II anti-aircraft emplacement at Lithgow in New South Wales has been fenced off after an injury at the site led to an insurance claim against the local council.

Lancaster bomber G for George carried 250 aircrew during World War II with no casualties. Now the iconic "lucky bomber" is returning to the Australian War Memorial.

For the first time since the loss of the USS Yorktown at the Battle of Midway in June 1942, a remote, robotic expedition has ventured inside the wreck.

The federal government recognises three American ships sunk by Japanese torpedoes in 1942 killing more than 600 men as having national historical significance.

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Eight decades after it was last in the sky, and four since it was taken from the Papua New Guinean jungle, a restored World War II bomber returns to Port Moresby from Queensland.

The Eddison family suffered terrible loss during World War II. A plaque near a Canberra shopping centre car park offers an insight into that moment in history.

Documenting the historical archaeology of Second World War air power in Australia

Documenting the historical archaeology of Second World War air power in Australia

Documenting the historical archaeology of Second World War air power in Australia

Documenting the historical archaeology of Second World War air power in Australia

Documenting the historical archaeology of Second World War air power in Australia

The pilot, whose squadron shot down 90 enemy aircraft in an 11-day period in 1940, called himself the ‘lucky Irishman’ The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John “Paddy” Hemingway, has died aged 105. The Royal Air Force (RAF) said Hemingway, a…

Documenting the historical archaeology of Second World War air power in Australia

Europe's stranglehold on F1 was broken in the mid-1960s by an Australian partnership that left a legacy of excellence.

The medals had been missing for decades until an eagle-eyed RAAF chaplain came across them at an auction.

References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorites are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts ma...

Documenting the historical archaeology of Second World War air power in Australia

Documenting the historical archaeology of Second World War air power in Australia

Documenting the historical archaeology of Second World War air power in Australia

Bert O'Leary, who just celebrated his 100th birthday, shares the terror and drudgery of life as airman aboard a Vickers Wellington in the Battle of the Atlantic.

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How do millions of dollars worth of diamonds go missing on a beach? Most Australians have never heard of the Dakota diamonds mystery, but the drama is still unfolding on the remote north-west coast.

A scene from the documentary, 'Some of Our Airmen Are No Longer Missing' (1981), where Gerrie Zwanenburg, Chief Recovery Officer with the Dutch Air Force, di...

Documenting the historical archaeology of Second World War air power in Australia.

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Documenting the historical archaeology of Second World War air power in Australia

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The first trace of an Australian airman whose plane vanished with seven crew during WWII has been uncovered by two Egyptian tour guides.

Documenting the historical archaeology of Second World War air power in Australia

The remains of a downed Avro Lancaster ED603, as well as crew on board it, have been recovered from the sea floor of Lake IJsselmeer.