The 33-foot Corsair, on loan from Florida, had to be “rigged up on skates” to get to the Intrepid’s hangar deck.

Some planes and tanks make people feel afraid just by their appearance. But that doesn't always mean they're actually ...

The P-51 Mustang wasn’t just another fighter - it was the aircraft that changed the course of the air war in Europe. With its long-range capabilities, high speed, and powerful Packard Merlin engine, ...

Entering service in 1940, the Focke-Wulf Fw190 was one of Germany's widely produced planes and was the country's only fighter plane powered by a radial engine. In its base configuration ...

Douglas SBD-6 Dauntless dive bomber sank 6 Japanese carriers during WWII, including at the ... It was one of the greatest aircraft of the Pacific War - especially early on before it was superseded ...

Adopted by U.S. Marines in the Pacific and integrated into British ... 109 became Germany’s most extensively produced fighter aircraft in WWII, with an estimated production of approximately ...

The Spitfire is the most famous plane ... fighters provided crucial air support for the D-Day landings and many were adapted to be fighter-bombers to carry out attacks on German ground forces. WW2 ...

The aircraft was part of Operation Gisela, which saw 117 fighter planes sent to intercept allied bombers returning to base after striking targets in Germany. A number of bombers were brought down ...