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 ...

An extremely rare World War II Spitfire fighter plane flown by a pilot who later took part in the "Great Escape" has been recovered from a remote Norwegian mountainside.

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 ...