by Robin Adair | Aug 13, 2026 | Burma Banshee FaceBook Page
October 1944: Lieutenant Ellis Fisher and the Bridges of Northern Burma While the 89th Fighter Squadron was grinding through October at Myitkyina, the 90th Fighter Squadron was conducting its own relentless war from Tingkawk Sakan. For the 90th, October 1944 would...
by Burma Banshees | Aug 6, 2026 | Burma Banshee FaceBook Page
One of the greatest rewards of researching the Burma Banshees has been discovering what these remarkable men accomplished after World War II. Many returned home to become business leaders, engineers, teachers, and community leaders. Every now and then, however, I...
by Burma Banshees | Aug 2, 2026 | Burma Banshee FaceBook Page
Long before the 89th Fighter Squadron ever saw the Assam Valley, the men who would become the Burma Banshees were learning their trade on home soil — at Mitchell Field, New York. The footage below captures a piece of that training: pilots working on wing shooting,...
by Burma Banshees | Aug 1, 2026 | Burma Banshee FaceBook Page
The bridges could wait one day. For weeks the 89th Fighter Squadron had been going after the spans across Burma — the rail lines, the river crossings, the choke points that kept the Japanese army fed and moving. But war in the China-Burma-India theater wasn’t...
by Burma Banshees | Jul 30, 2026 | Books
💥 Attention Burma Banshees & 80th Fighter Group Fans! For WWII aviation fans—and specifically followers of the legendary Burma Banshees (80th Fighter Group)—this book is an absolute treasure. Before flying dangerous missions in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater,...
