On January 11, 1944, during World War II, a single American P-51 Mustang faced thirty German fighters over enemy territory. Major James Howard defended sixty unescorted B-17 bombers deep inside ...

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 ...

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 ...

During World War II, American B-17 bombers flying deep over Germany faced relentless attacks from experienced German fighter ...

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 ...

This collection consists of 67 black and white captured German photographs from a variety of sources that Eisen removed from the Air Document Research Center, as they were going to be discarded. The ...

“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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GettyImages 2200549861 By the time of the Second World War, a nation could not guarantee its survival without air power. Bombers ...