In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone against the might of the German Luftwaffe as Hitler sought to crush the Royal Air ...

He is a German Luftwaffe ace with 81 confirmed victories on the Eastern front. Now a 103-year-old veteran, his talent[...] ...

The Do 17 made its maiden flight on November 23, 1934, and was officially adopted into the operational service of “die Vaterland” in 1937. Classified as a twin-engine light bomber, it was initially ...

April 1945, the war is collapsing, and the Luftwaffe scrambles Ta-152s in desperation. Hawker Tempests are strafing nearby targets, and suddenly one of WWII’s most legendary matchups becomes real. The ...

When war broke out in September 1939, none of the combatants were prepared to fight in the way that they wanted. The British lacked the heavy bombers that interwar doctrine suggested that would be ...

Britain’s Air Ministry claimed last week that British air operations on the Western Front were keeping 50% of the Luftwaffe’s fighter strength away from the Eastern Front. Without offering facts to ...

NASM copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. The aviation industry at war -- 2. The aviation industry and the air war -- 3. Reorganization of aircraft production -- 4. From ...

Every country that participated in the World War II air war had more than a few types of airplanes, but their design schemes could be distinguished throughout the conflict. The Americans liked to ...

In the opening hours of World War II, in the early morning skies over Poland, both the Axis and the Allied side had aerial victories and aerial “firsts”, some involving unlikely and obscure aircraft ...

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