German engineers and scientists created some ... up against a squadron of Spitfires -- one of the most innovative planes of WWII -- the Butcher Bird proved itself to be superior by most measures.

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 ...

Greenville native Miles Richard "Dick" League, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, fought in World War II. He was a prisoner of ...

One of the most sinister aircraft of World War II, the Junkers Ju 87 ... proved its worth as the most effective dive bomber in the German fleet and participated in events like the Battle of ...

A service is being held to remember the last German aircraft to be brought down over British soil during World War Two. On 4 March 1945, a German aircraft crashed at Elvington near York killing ...

A WW2 Baltimore attack bomber aircraft wreck belonging to the Royal Australian Air Force was discovered off the coast of ...

TOMASZ STACHURA/ BALTICTECH/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS A team of Polish divers say they have found almost intact the wreckage of German World War II steamer Karlsruhe, which was bombed by Soviet planes ...

The plane proved decisive in gaining air superiority ... adapted to be fighter-bombers to carry out attacks on German ground forces. WW2: What was the secret to winning the Battle of Britain?