The characteristic low growl of a German V-1 missile terrified people across England and Belgium. Here's what made their ...

You might expect a warplane to be pained in drab, neutral colors that fade into the background. But that's not what Germany ...

After months of inaction, France, Belgium and Holland fell in just six panic-stricken weeks... and Winston Churchill became ...

While the so-called ‘Blitz Spirit' has latterly been painted as a myth, aerial attacks by the Luftwaffe on the UK's towns and cities DID bring Britons together in unforeseen ...

The Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber fell to the seafloor trapped inside the USS Yorktown, which was sunk by a Japanese submarine after the 1942 Battle of Midway. The heavily damaged aircraft is ...

Serving in twin-engine Hudsons, Beauforts, and later in Vultee Vengeance dive-bombers, Brian was in one of the last aircraft to fly into Darwin on that fateful day the Imperial Japanese Navy arrived.

open image in gallery The battered wreckage of a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber with legible markings on the fuselage beneath the gunner's ring mount (center of frame) and another "5" visible ...

The vessel was crippled by Japanese dive bombers in the Battle of Midway in June 1942, before being sunk to a depth of 5,000 ft by submarine torpedo hits. The U.S. government's NOAA Ocean ...

While exploring a heavily obstructed elevator shaft, the NOAA's remote vehicle entered a hangar and found the remains of at least three Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers. In addition to the ...