The German 88 began as an anti-aircraft weapon, but on the battlefields of World War II it became something far worse. Allied ...

WWII bombardier Paul “Bud” Haedike explains why anti-aircraft flak was often more dangerous than enemy fighters. A firsthand look at air combat challenges.

The remains of a WWII veteran who was presumed dead after being shot down by German fighter pilots have been identified as ...

The air war in World War II was not decided by a single aircraft, but by a combination of platforms that delivered consistent ...

World War II aircraft were painted in a wide assortment of colors, from shades of gray to olive drab, blue, and camouflage patterns. British planes were painted Dark Earth, Dark Green, and Night — a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GettyImages 104124663 Photo Quest Getty Images 2 When you think of Second World War fighters, the sleekly compact Spitfire and ...

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 ...

Translation of the German "Deutsche Nachtjäger im Zweiten Weltkrieg". https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full ...

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 ...