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What’s next after the preliminary NTSB report on the Dallas air show disaster?

DALLAS — Now that the National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report on the deadly Nov. 12 collision between World War II-era aircraft at Dallas Executive Airport, investigators will work diligently to pin down what exactly went wrong during the fateful air show that ended in the deaths…

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Max Beckmann self-portrait sold at German auction for $20.7M

A self-portrait painted during World War II by German expressionist artist Max Beckmann has been sold in Berlin for 20 million euros ($20.7 million)

The Independent UK

NSW's last Rats of Tobruk veteran Ernie Walker honoured at funeral service in Southern Highlands

World War II veteran Ernie Walker remembered as "a gentleman and a good bloke" at funeral service in the Southern Highlands, after passing away at the age of 106.

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Report: No altitude advice before Dallas air show crash

A preliminary report from federal officials on a deadly midair collision at a Dallas air show says no guidance was given on altitudes before a World War II-era fighter plane crashed into a bomber

The Independent UK

Medieval shipwreck discovered at bottom of Norwegian lake in hunt for WWII ammunition

A 700-year-old shipwreck has been discovered by archaeologists during an effort to locate unexploded World War II ammunition that was dumped at the bottom of a lake in Norway

Daily Mirror

New on DVD: David O. Russell returns with ensemble comedy 'Amsterdam'

The latest offering from director David O. Russell, his first film in seven years, tops the DVD releases for the week of Dec. 6.

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Last NSW ‘Rat of Tobruk’ dies aged 106

The last remaining of the NSW Rats of Tobruk has died, leaving behind only a few survivors of the infamous World War II campaign in the North African

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South African and Poland Rugby League teams to face off in inaugural Warsaw Airlift Cup on the Gold Coast

The match, called the Warsaw Airlift Cup, is a nod to a shared history between the nations — the World War II operation of the same name.

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Inside abandoned university building with peeling student posters and decaying walls

The seven-storey building known as the Toast Rack was built in 1960 but has stood empty since Manchester Metropolitan University closed its Hollings Campus in 2013

Daily Mirror

Inside abandoned hospital containing creepy mask that was scene of huge massacre

The psychiatric hospital in Italy was involved in a gory massacre during World War II, which saw a group of partisans locking over 70 soldiers in the premises after having forced the staff to leave

Daily Mirror

Team of divers complete three-year mission to create 3D map of sunken World War II Japanese submarine

A crew of divers are hoping their efforts to map a sunken Japanese submarine off the NT coast will help solve long-standing questions about the vessel and help preserve final resting place of 80 submariners.

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Aviation enthusiasts grieve lost lives at Dallas airshow, wait for investigation

DALLAS — Saturday’s fatal crash of two vintage World War II planes that resulted in the deaths of six people sent shockwaves of grief throughout the aviation community. As the airshow season wrapped up the same weekend, how future shows will proceed in light of the tragedy is unknown.

Tribune News Service

Robert Clary, the last star of the 'Hogan's Heroes,' dies at 96

A French-born survivor of Nazi concentration camps during World War II, Robert Clary began his career in entertainment as a nightclub singer.

WEKU

Where's Putin? Leader leaves bad news on Ukraine to others

President Vladimir Putin wasn’t present when his top military officials announced on television that Russia was withdrawing from the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine

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Deadly missile strike adds to Ukraine war fears in Poland

Since Russia invaded Ukraine more than eight months ago, Poland has aided its neighbor and millions of its refugees

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80 years ago, Nazi Germany occupied Tunisia – but North Africans' experiences of World War II often go unheard

Eighty years ago, in November 1942, the Nazis occupied Tunisia. For the next six months, Tunisian Jews and Muslims were subjected to the Third Reich’s reign of terror, as well as its antisemitic and racist legislation. Residents lived in fear – “under the Nazi boot,” as Tunisian Jewish lawyer Paul…

Daily Mirror

Dallas air show crash: Two retired pilots named among 6 killed during horror collision

Onlookers at the Dallas air show in Texas, US, were left in shock after a World War 2-era bomber and a fighter plane collided and crashed in a ball of flames during Veterans’ Day on Saturday

The Independent UK

Some recent fatal crashes involving vintage aircraft

The collision between two World War II-era military planes at a Dallas air show on Saturday was the latest in a long list of crashes involving vintage planes used or designed for military purposes

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Secrets of North Queensland's forgotten World War II history remain ocean deep

In Australia's biggest defence city, untold stories of Australia's of military history are still being uncovered.

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6 dead in Dallas air show disaster, authorities say

DALLAS — The mid-air collision between two historic aircraft at a Dallas air show on Saturday killed six people, including two deeply loved Keller-area men who had been pilots for decades, according to officials and friends of the victims.

WEKU

6 people are confirmed dead after 2 planes collided mid-air at a Dallas airshow

News footage from the scene at the Wings over Dallas air show showed the crumpled wreckage of two historic military planes.

Evening Standard

Six dead in airshow horror crash after two WW2 planes collide in mid-air

The planes were a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63

The Guardian - US

Six feared dead after military planes collide at Dallas airshow

Unclear how many were aboard aircraft at ‘America’s premier world war II airshow’

The Independent UK

Some recent fatal crashes involving vintage aircraft

Saturday’s collision between two World War II-era military planes at a Dallas air show was the latest in a long list of crashes involving vintage planes used or designed for military purposes

Tribune News Service

Bucs become part of Germany’s long love affair with the NFL

MUNICH — The enormous square in the center of this German city is called Odeonsplatz, and Friday morning it was awash with visitors snapping photos and weaving through oversized helmets of all 32 NFL teams.

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