Germany and the US built some of the largest aircraft in World War II, although many of their designs were unsuccessful.

The Dornier Do 335 Pfeil was the fastest propeller-driven aircraft of WWII, with a claimed top speed of 490 mph in level ...

The German Luftwaffe entered World War II in September 1939 employing as its main day fighter the Messerschmitt Bf109 one of the classic fighter aircraft designs of all time When war broke out it was ...

Summary: During World War II, the strategic bomber offensive tested the balance between bombers and fighters, evolving from the early limitations demonstrated in the Battle of Britain to the ...

The first day of 1945 did not go the way Royal Air Force air controller Sgt. Peter Crowest expected it to. Shortly after reporting for duty at 9:00 a.m. at the airfield at Ursel, Belgium, Crowest and ...

This film tells the story of the P-38 Lightning, the radical American fighter Germany initially dismissed. It follows the ...

Dean “Diz” Laird, the only known Navy ace to shoot down both German and Japanese planes during World War II, has died, his daughter told CNN on Monday. He was 101. Andrea Laird said her father died by ...

After a decades-long effort to find and identify his remains, an Army bomber crewman — shot down over Nazi Germany during World War II — will soon be buried at the veterans cemetery in Killeen.

“Younger kids growing up today have no idea what this country went through in World War II,” Edwin Cottrell said. That thinking is what pushed Cottrell to begin sharing his experiences as a World War ...

If you had to choose one plane that defined Soviet air power in World War II, there can be little doubt it was the Il-2 Sturmovik “Flying Tank.” Here's What You Need to Remember: The Sturmovik’s ...