The Germans primarily painted spirals on the nosecones of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, two of the best German fighter planes of WW2.The spirals worked well to promote safety.

Armed with a 30mm MK 108 cannon and two 13mm MG 131 machine guns, no other plane in WWII stacked up as many aerial kills as the Bf 109. The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was no match for the P-51 Mustang ...

Captain Richard J. Bong nicknamed his Lighting P-38 fighter plane Marg after his girlfriend, Marge Vattendahl. The World War II flying ace is shown with his plan at a New Guinea Air Base on March ...

NEW ORLEANS — The National World War II Museum on Wednesday unveiled a Nazi fighter plane rarely exhibited in the U.S., and it will be displayed in a simulated dogfight with its British ...

An Australian bomber and its four missing crewmen have been identified 81 years after the plane went down in World War 2 in Papua New Guinea.

Searchers believe they've discovered what they believe is the wreckage of World War II ace Richard Bong's plane in the South Pacific.. The Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center in Superior ...

Andrew Forrest mission in PNG uncovers lost WWII Australian bomber plane. An Australian WWII bomber and its four crewmen have been identified 81 years after the plane went down in the waters off ...

An Australian bomber and its four missing crewmen have been identified 81 years after the plane went down in World War 2 in Papua New Guinea.

An Australian bomber and its four missing crewmen have been identified 81 years after the plane went down in World War 2 in Papua New Guinea.

An Australian WWII bomber and its four crewmen have been identified 81 years after the plane went down in the waters off Papua New Guinea. The Royal Australian Air Force confirmed on Wednesday it ...

An Australian bomber and its four missing crewmen have been identified 81 years after the plane went down in World War 2 in Papua New Guinea.