Bf 109E

The story of the “Messerspit:” when Germans fitted a Spitfire with a DB 605A, they found it was better than the Merlin Version.

The story of the “Messerspit:” when Germans fitted a Spitfire with a DB 605A, they found it was better than the Merlin Version.

A new engine support structure was built onto the Spitfire’s fuselage and the DB 605 engine and cowling panels added.… Read More

6 months ago

Did you know Luftwaffe Bf 109 pilot Erich Hartmann did not fire until the enemy was as close as 66 feet? How the most successful fighter ace in aviation history scored Air-to-Air Kills.

To give an idea how dangerous this is, Erich Hartmann would only have barely a second to get out of… Read More

6 months ago

Legendary German Ace Adolf Galland explains why Operation Bodenplatte, the final large-scale low-level attack on Allied airfields was Luftwaffe’s Death Blow

'The Luftwaffe received its death blow at the Ardennes offensive. In unfamiliar conditions and with insufficient training and combat experience,… Read More

8 months ago

During WWII a Slovak Air Force’s biplane pilot rescued a downed fellow pilot by carrying him on the bottom wing of his aircraft

František Brezina slid on the bottom wing but fortunately he managed to still hold the struts with his arms even… Read More

3 years ago

The day Romanian IAR 80 fighters claimed to have shot down 24 American P-38 Lightnings

The IAR 80 fought mostly against the Russians, but one engagement on Jun. 10, 1944 put it against America’s P-38.… Read More

3 years ago

‘Cobber’ Kain – first RAF Hurricane Ace, first RAF air ace of the WWII, and first to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross

"'Cobber' Kain was 73 Squadron's most split-arse pilot. He often led a section 40 miles or more into Germany, regardless… Read More

6 years ago