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

Design work started before World War II began, but problems with engines, metallurgy and top-level interference kept the aircraft from operational status with the Luftwaffe until mid-1944.

The Hawker Hurricane was not as attractive or streamlined as the Spitfire, and it failed to capture the public’s respect in the same way. But the Hurricane was responsible for nearly 60 percent of the ...

Among the chaos, one Allied pilot stood out - not for the number of kills, but for the quality. In one stunning year, he brought down three Luftwaffe aces known for their deadly precision.

Ground attack aircraft don't always get the same level of fame that fighter jets do, but they have long served a critical ...

A World War II bomber that was ... and gunned down by the Nazi pilots. "The Me-109s delivered seven attacks, during which the aircraft was set on fire in the port wing. The intercommunications ...

The story of the mostly 554 Anglo-Argentine pilots ... Force in World War II, of which 122 died in combat, will be published in a book to be launched next August titled “Thunder Wings ...

The Missouri’s captain ordered a military burial at sea with full honors, marking one of the more unusual and little-known episodes of World War II. The pilot ... s right wing, which landed ...

The last of Hitler’s army to surrender were stationed in a desolate arctic wasteland—a key vantage point in the little-known ...

tracing its roots to propaganda shared by the British government during World War II. According to Stolarczyk, the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Information popularized the carrot myth as part of ...

Looking back on the Axis Powers of the Second World War ... have never entered the war at all. Yet, it was considered a “beautiful plane” by ace pilots such as Luftwaffe ace Adolf Galland ...