While the numbers may be inflated, Luftwaffe pilots claimed that the Me 262 shot down 542 Allied aircraft during the war.

On this day in aviation history, February 25, 1941, the massive Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant (Giant) combat glider made its ...

When a postwar ban on aircraft production in Germany went in effect, airplane manufacturer Messerschmitt AG had to look for other ways to stay in business. Fortunately for them, Fritz Fend ...

For many years, part of a Messerschmitt that was shot down over Fishponds in the Second World War was used as a mixing bowl to feed chickens on a smallholding.