Experience the breathtaking escape of Bob Hoover, the daring American pilot who stole a German Focke-Wulf 190 and flew it back to safety. With no maps, flying a foreign aircraft, and risking friendly ...

Franz Stigler, a German fighter pilot, spared American bomber pilot Charles Brown during World War II, illustrating how ...

The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was more than just a German fighter—it was the backbone of the Luftwaffe’s aerial supremacy during ...

First conceived by Messerschmitt as a carrier-borne fighter, the Me 155 morphed into a high-speed attack plane and later a high-altitude interceptor known as the Blohm & Voss BV 155. An agreement on ...

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 ...

For many in the opening years of the Second World War, the vision of the menacing, gull-winged Stuka dive bomber, plunging vertically earthwards, its sirens wailing ...