The theaters of World War II were swarming with notable aircraft, but Germany really ... Moreover, it was the only German fighter to use a radial engine. It was a BMW 139 fourteen-cylinder ...
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 ...
Greenville native Miles Richard "Dick" League, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, fought in World War II. He was a prisoner of ...
It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...
A WW2 Baltimore attack bomber aircraft wreck belonging to the Royal Australian Air Force was discovered off the coast of ...
The 33-foot Corsair, on loan from Florida, had to be “rigged up on skates” to get to the Intrepid’s hangar deck.
One of the most sinister aircraft of World War II, the Junkers Ju 87 ... proved its worth as the most effective dive bomber in the German fleet and participated in events like the Battle of ...