During World War II, American B-17 bombers flying deep over Germany faced relentless attacks from experienced German fighter ...
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 was ...
Summary: During World War II, the strategic bomber offensive tested the balance between bombers and fighters, evolving from the early limitations demonstrated in the Battle of Britain to the ...
In November 1943, a lost American P-47 Thunderbolt landed on a German airfield by mistake. Luftwaffe engineers seized the ...
When you think of Second World War fighters, the sleekly compact Spitfire and petite Zero come to mind. But some of the war's most awe-inspiring machines were vast, often ugly, flying juggernauts of ...
“Younger kids growing up today have no idea what this country went through in World War II,” Edwin Cottrell said. That thinking is what pushed Cottrell to begin sharing his experiences as a World War ...