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A captured Luftwaffe Fw 190 led to the development of the Spitfire Mk IX, the best close-in fighter of WWII
Focke-Wulf Fw 190
Aviation History / Military Aviation
A captured Luftwaffe Fw 190 led to the development of the Spitfire Mk IX, the best close-in fighter of WWII
By
Dario Leone
Aug 15 2026
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Aviation History / Military Aviation
An average Stuka loss rate of 100 percent: why Luftwaffe replaced the Ju 87 with the Fw 190
Jun 11 2026
By
Dario Leone
Sponsored by:
Osprey Publishing
Aviation History / Military Aviation
Tempest V vs Fw 190D-9: The First Dogfight between Two of the Finest Fighters Ever Built
Apr 6 2026
By
Dario Leone
Sponsored by:
Osprey Publishing
Aviation History / Military Aviation
The Luftwaffe Fw 190s carrying groundcrew passengers in their rear fuselage shot down by USAAF fighters on D-Day
Dec 19 2025
By
Dario Leone
Aviation History / Military Aviation
F4U-4 Vs Bf 109G-4 Vs Fw 190A-6 Vs P-51B: the US Navy test where the Corsair came out on top in all contests in terms of sheer combat
Nov 24 2025
By
Dario Leone
Aviation History / Military Aviation
Here’s why the Fw 190D, although it was one of the best fighters of WWII, was a less than effective weapon
Mar 29 2025
By
Dario Leone
Aviation History / Military Aviation
Atomic Stuka: The Ju-87 night dive bombers that had to carry out a suicide nuclear attack in 1945
Jan 24 2025
By
Dario Leone
Sponsored by:
Helion & Company
Aviation History / Military Aviation
The story of how a captured Luftwaffe Fw 190 led to the development of the Spitfire Mk IX, the best close-in fighter of WWII
May 7 2024
By
TAGCTeam
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Aviation History / Military Aviation
USAAF P-51 Mustang pilots tell the story of when they shot down a flight of Mistel combinations on their way to attack the Royal Navy’s home fleet at Scapa Flow
Jun 16 2023
By
Dario Leone
Sponsored by:
Mortons Books
Aviation History / Military Aviation
Legendary German Ace Adolf Galland explains why Operation Bodenplatte, the final large-scale low-level attack on Allied airfields was Luftwaffe’s Death Blow
Apr 10 2023
By
Dario Leone
Sponsored by:
Osprey Publishing
Aviation History / Military Aviation
The Greatest Escape (that never happened) — the popular story of how Lt. Carr stole an Fw 190 to fly back to his unit seems too good to be true, and that’s because it isn’t.
Oct 4 2022
By
Thomas Van Hare
Aviation History / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Thanks Luftwaffe: that time a P-51D Pilot left on a mission flying a Mustang and RTB flying a German FW 190
Jul 5 2022
By
Dario Leone
Aviation History / Military Aviation
The story of Major George E. Preddy, the most successful P-51 Mustang Pilot of all time that was Killed In Action in a Tragic Case of Friendly Fire on Christmas Day 1944
Apr 18 2022
By
Dario Leone
Aviation History / Military Aviation
The last mission flown by Oberleutnant Oskar Romm, one of the Luftwaffe Expertens to end his war flying the Focke-Wulf FW 190D-9
Feb 15 2022
By
Dario Leone
Sponsored by:
Osprey Publishing
Aviation History / Military Aviation
High Flight: the story of WW II Anglo-American Royal Canadian Air Force Spitfire pilot John Gillespie Magee and of how The Most Famous Aviation Poem is Born
Dec 25 2021
By
William Cobb
Aviation History / Military Aviation
Memphis Belle pilot tells the story of the B-17 Flying Fortress raid on the Focke-Wulf plant at Bremen (featured in Memphis Belle movie)
Jul 12 2021
By
Dario Leone
Cold War Era / Military Aviation
Legendary fighter pilot Francis “Gabby” Gabreski was one of the firsts to test the F-100 hose-and-drogue refueling capability, but he preferred to attack a squadron of Fw-190s alone in a P-47. Here’s why.
Aug 14 2020
By
Dario Leone
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