Many experts consider it the best World War II fighter plane. -Conceived in just five years, the Mustang’s prototype, the NA-73X, was designed, built, and flown within 180 days. Initially ...

These four stand out as the best the ... 17 helped win World War II and could defend itself with its 13 machine gun placements, they weren't nearly as agile as smaller fighter planes and were ...

Entering service in 1940, the Focke-Wulf Fw190 was one of Germany's widely produced planes and was the country's only fighter plane powered by a radial engine. In its base configuration ...

The Spitfire is the most famous plane of World War Two ... and many were adapted to be fighter-bombers to carry out attacks on German ground forces. WW2: What was the secret to winning the ...

The wreck of the RAAF plane Baltimore FW282, which was shot down by the Nazis in December 1943, was found in the Aegean Sea ...

It’s Thursday. Today we’ll find out how a World War II fighter-bomber was squeezed into an exhibition space on the former aircraft carrier Intrepid. We’ll also get details on new census data ...

As a fighter ace who received the Medal of Honor after shooting down 26 Japanese planes over Guadalcanal during World War II, Joe Foss was accustomed to bold action. He was not afraid to think big ...

“The USAAF 49th Fighter Group provided Darwin with its only fighter defence from March to September 1942 against fast and well-armed Mitsubishi G4M ‘Betty’ bombers escorted by Mitsubishi A6M ‘Zero’ ...

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 ...

What are the best plane games on PC ... If you’re a fan of WW2 games then IL-2 Sturmovik is the touchstone for plane games set in the era. While it plays like a solid flight sim, IL-2 Sturmovik ...