Mosquito Tsetse and the Sting Beneath the WingsThe British de Havilland Mosquito, already known for its versatility, became even more fearsome when it was modified to carry one of the largest aircraft ...

The kamikaze suicide plane was a last-ditch effort to stave off defeat by a desperate Japan. But its fatal flaw doomed its pilots more surely than its targets.

Retropolis From the bottom of a lake, a Russian plane lands at the Smithsonian Shot down during World War II, the IL-2 was retrieved and restored for its historic debut.

During the Second World War, Allied aircraft conducting bombing missions over occupied Europe faced not-only the threat of enemy fighters but also navigated through skies illuminated by the bursts of ...

Summary and Key Points: The Supermarine Spitfire, an iconic British fighter aircraft from World War II, was renowned for its agility and combat performance. Designed by R.J. Mitchell, it served ...

Robert W. Boynton, 19, a West Aurora High School graduate, was murdered after his plane was shot down in Germany in 1944.

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

One of three unexploded World World War II-era bombs is fenced off with screens as specialists prepare to defuse them in Cologne, Germany, on June 3, 2025.

In the opening hours of World War II, in the early morning skies over Poland, both the Axis and the Allied side had aerial victories and aerial “firsts”, some involving unlikely and obscure ...

COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II were defused on Wednesday in Cologne after the German city’s biggest evacuation since the end of the war. More than 20,000 ...