Summary: During World War II, the strategic bomber offensive tested the balance between bombers and fighters, evolving from the early limitations demonstrated in the Battle of Britain to the ...
An American pilot captured during WW2 carried out an extraordinary escape by taking control of a German fighter aircraft from an unsecured airfield. Flying enemy markings deep into Allied airspace, ...
The German Bf 109 Became Infamous During the Battle of Britain – The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is the most famous German aircraft of the Second World War. In many ways, the aircraft mirrored Nazi Germany’s ...
The race for speed during World War II produced aircraft faster than anything the world had ever seen. This story follows the pilots and machines that pushed the limits of flight, from rocket-powered ...
When you think of Second World War fighters, the sleekly compact Spitfire and petite Zero come to mind. But some of the war's most awe-inspiring machines were vast, often ugly, flying juggernauts of ...
OSHKOSH, Wis. (WBAY) - A classic plane will make its AirVenture debut next week: the German ME 262, the first jet fighter plane in the world. It hit the skies late in World War II, too late to reverse ...
Empathy is under attack lately. The all-important ability to see the world through another person’s eyes is now being recast as something corrosive. The argument goes like this: if you’re empathetic, ...
It is the most numerous military aircraft ever produced and the second largest number of all types, including civil, ...