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One of the raids was so large that it resulted in the bombing of the city on October 14, 1943, with the casualties of about 100 dead Argives and several casualties, and 75 of the Germans. The bombing started from the airfield heading southeast, hitting the monastery of Katakrykmeni and several areas of the city, up to the railway station. [30]
Trans World Airlines Flight 840 was a regularly scheduled international flight from Los Angeles to Cairo via New York City, Rome, and Athens on April 2, 1986.About 20 minutes before landing in Athens, a bomb was detonated on the aircraft while it was over Argos, Greece, blasting a hole in the plane's starboard side.
During Operation Bolero, the ferrying of combat aircraft from the U.S. to the U.K. by air, a flight of two Boeing B-17E-BO Flying Fortress bombers, 41-9101, c/n 2573, "Big Stoop", and 41-9105, c/n 2577, "Do-Do", of the 97th Bomb Group and six Lockheed P-38F Lightnings of the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, on the 845-mile (1,360 km ...
Captain Lisa Jade Head (30 November 1981 – 19 April 2011) [1] was a British Army officer. She was the first female bomb disposal officer to be killed on operations. [2] She died on 19 April 2011 at the age of 29, having sustained serious injuries on active service in Afghanistan.
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -A Turkish court sentenced Ahlam Albashir, a Syrian national, to life in prison on Friday over a 2022 bombing that killed six people in Istanbul's main shopping street, a copy ...
The bombing created intense interest in the Arab media, with many newspapers describing Idris as a hero and a nationalist. [20] An editorial published in Egypt's weekly newspaper Al-Sha'ab a few days after the bombing stated, in part, "It is a woman who teaches you today a lesson in heroism, who teaches you the meaning of jihad , and the way to ...
Lady Be Good is a B-24D Liberator bomber that disappeared without a trace on its first combat mission during World War II.The plane, which was from 376th Bomb Group of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), was believed to have been lost—with its nine-man crew—in the Mediterranean Sea while returning to its base in Libya following a bombing raid on Naples on April 4, 1943.
2 men charged with bombing woman's home, plotting to release python to 'eat' her daughter. Marlene Lenthang. Updated March 11, 2024 at 4:06 PM. Office of Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire.