Retired Navy pilot Dave Dyke, 80, of North Naples, is giving the museum a 7-foot-2-inch wooden propeller of a World War II transport plane. Dyke has kept the propeller in his study for the past 35 ...

Of course, situations can change on a bombing run, which is why some bombs were equipped with propellers on both front and back; two propellers means two fuzes for two possible detonations.

A reader writes in from Dillingham hoping for some help in finding an antique wooden propeller, a relic from the early days of aviation and a hard-to-find collector's item.

Protected crash sites The crash site closest to where the propeller blade was found is that of the B24 Liberator, which came down on 24 August 1943 with the loss of all 11 crew and passengers.

Mysterious World War II Plane Propeller Found in Scottish Peat Bog The object likely broke off a doomed plane during a crash on the isle of Arran Sonja Anderson - Daily Correspondent March 25, 2024 ...

A World War II aircraft propeller has been raised from the seabed after it became snagged on a lifeboat. The triple-bladed propeller was discovered after it became entangled in the mooring chains of ...

The propellers on some World War II-era bombs were meant to delay the bombs' detonation without requiring direct remote activation. World War II was a showcase of major new scientific developments ...