He is a German Luftwaffe ace with 81 confirmed victories on the Eastern front. Now a 103-year-old veteran, his talent[...] ...
In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone against the might of the German Luftwaffe as Hitler sought to crush the Royal Air ...
The Do 17 made its maiden flight on November 23, 1934, and was officially adopted into the operational service of “die Vaterland” in 1937. Classified as a twin-engine light bomber, it was initially ...
When war broke out in September 1939, none of the combatants were prepared to fight in the way that they wanted. The British lacked the heavy bombers that interwar doctrine suggested that would be ...
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 ...
The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt entered World War II as an object of ridicule, dismissed by German pilots as slow, heavy, and obsolete. This film follows the American pilots who flew it and the ...
NASM copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. The aviation industry at war -- 2. The aviation industry and the air war -- 3. Reorganization of aircraft production -- 4. From ...
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Because of its ability to attack targets that were hundreds of miles away from its airbases in England, the bombers of World War II were vital assets to the Allied war effort. Tasked with the ...