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 aircraft ...

Every country that participated in the World War II air war had more than a few types of airplanes, but their design schemes could be distinguished throughout the conflict. The Americans liked to ...

While the emergence of aircraft as a weapon of war occurred in WWI, creating such novel concepts of the dogfight and the flying ace, the technology of those planes was primitive, and their abilities ...

The gathering of aerial intelligence by a snooping aircraft during wartime is a perilous mission. The 'spy’ (or, more correctly, reconnaissance) aircraft must survive enemy fighters and anti-aircraft ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. When Gen. Dwight Eisenhower surveyed the beaches of ...

The first day of 1945 did not go the way Royal Air Force air controller Sgt. Peter Crowest expected it to. Shortly after reporting for duty at 9:00 a.m. at the airfield at Ursel, Belgium, Crowest and ...

The German Bf 109 Became Infamous During the Battle of Britain – The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is the most famous German aircraft of the Second World War. In many ways, the aircraft mirrored Nazi Germany’s ...