In February 1940, just five months into World War II, six German destroyers launched Operation Wikinger to target suspected ...

In the midst of the Battle of Britain, a German bomber pilot bails out after his Heinkel He-111 is blasted by flak over ...

Robert Stanford-Tuck intercepted the German Heinkel bomber between Glastonbury and Highbridge at 10,000 ft on August 14, 1940.

The World War Two bombing of tomato trucks in St Peter Port harbour has been described by a local historian as the "blackest day" in Guernsey history. Thirty-four people were killed and 33 were ...

The photographs include views of the Heinkel He 176, the Heinkel He 112, the Heinkel He 111, and the Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Stösser (Falcon). The prints also show views of Ernst Heinkel, Erich Warsitz, and ...

1942: At the height of World War II, German test pilot Helmut Schenck becomes the first person known to use an ejection seat to successfully exit his aircraft in an emergency situation. Schenck ...

PHOTOGRAPHS of German Heinkel III aircraft, shot down recently, reveal the fact that these machines are fitted with a balloon cable fender not very different from designs tried by both sides ...

Airfest 2003 will feature a rare World War II German Heinkel (He-111) two-engine bomber painted in Africacorps colors with a Swastika on its tail. The aircraft was the German air ...

This collection consists of 67 black and white captured German photographs from a variety of sources that Eisen removed from the Air Document Research Center, as they were going to be discarded. The ...

Schenck, testing a Heinkel He-280 jet fighter, was in tow behind a conventionally powered aircraft when his plane iced up, making it impossible to start his engines. He jettisoned his canopy and ...