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 Bristol. After surviving behind enemy lines for over a week, he’s finally ...

The early attempt at drones in World War II saw the Army Air Forces convert B-17 bombers into remote-controlled flying bombs.

Letters of a local WWII bomber pilot tell a different side of the story San Diego State history professor’s posthumous book tells story of WWII instructor-pilot through his letters home ...

First conceived by Messerschmitt as a carrier-borne fighter, the Me 155 morphed into a high-speed attack plane and later a high-altitude interceptor known as the Blohm & Voss BV 155. Nazi Aircraft ...

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) - Winds sweeping through Iowa Saturday halted a planned flight of a restored 1940 PT-19 World War II-era plane at the Council Bluffs Airport.

World War II witnessed tremendous growth in the size of American military aviation, from about 2,500 airplanes to nearly 300,000 by the war’s end. The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era ...

Erich Hartmann, the Most Successful Fighter Pilot of All Time A new book examines the life of the WWII German ace.