Who really were the most dominant fighter pilots of the Second World War? Welcome back to History of War Elites![...] ...

Two daring German pilots didn’t just fly they rewrote the rules of air combat and changed the course of WWII forever.

If the Allies launched a naval attack, they would most likely be obliterated by land artillery guns and Luftwaffe warplanes ...

The 'spy’ (or, more correctly, reconnaissance) aircraft must survive enemy fighters and anti-aircraft weapons, often relying ...

The Yak-9 performed more anti-tank missions, in particular, the Yak-9T variant with a 37mm cannon, in this case the ...

Today, October 29, marks 85 years since the Foleshill gas works raid which destroyed the roof of St Laurence's Church ...

September 19th, 1942. Oberleutnant Wilhelm Johnen pushes his Messerschmitt Bf 109G to its absolute limit, engine screaming at ...

The Battle of Britain ended 85 years ago today—closing a months-long air war with clear parallels to the ongoing fight in the skies over Ukraine.

The 23-year-old pilot was not seen to eject from the plane by locals who watched it crash to the ground and burst into flames. As such, it has remained "missing in action" for mor ...

Harrowing events of the past are depicted through the lens of film writers and Hollywood directors, and they're often ...

The film follows the true story of Hermann Göring's incarceration and trial following his capture in the final days of WWII.

On February 24th, I went on my last mission. It was my 24th mission. It was a mission to bomb a target over Steyr, Austria.