The three combinations shot down on Feb. 3 had been on their way to participate in Operation Dragon’s Lair, a… Read More
'The Luftwaffe received its death blow at the Ardennes offensive. In unfamiliar conditions and with insufficient training and combat experience,… Read More
The Greatest Escape – Did Lt. Carr really steal a German fighter plane and fly it back to his own… Read More
The FW 190A series included the most advanced throttle system for a WW2 aircraft called the Kommandogerat, where boost pressure,… Read More
With a final official score of 26.833 aerial victories, Major George E. Preddy remains the most successful P-51 Mustang pilot… Read More
One highly experienced Luftwaffe pilot to end his war flying the Focke-Wulf Fw 190D-9 was Oberleutnant Oskar Romm, the Gruppenkommandeur… Read More
It was while on a training flight on his Spitfire Mk I to above 30,000 feet that John Gillespie Magee… Read More
‘German fighters could be seen coming up from the ground and I have never seen so many at one time,’… Read More
The aerial refueling capability of the F-100 and fighters like it enabled the Air Force to quickly send reinforcements to… Read More
The Fw 190 appeared in action over northwestern France in September 1941 and rapidly proved its superiority over the Mark… Read More
There are numerous reports of American and Soviet aircraft engaged in combat with one another on May 8 and afterwards.… Read More
'Fighter pilots of every nationality thought the Spitfire Mk IX was the best close-in fighter of them all,' AVM 'Johnnie'… Read More
"I turned into the second combo with my wingman Lt Moore behind me. I fired a short burst from 90°… Read More
"We had several interesting dogfights with the much larger and more powerful F4U Corsair. In turning dogfights, the Corsairs were… Read More
Had it somehow been rushed into production sooner though, the BV 155 might well have made itself useful in combating… Read More
Col. Carr didn’t really have time to line up on the runway, he just gunned it across a corner of… Read More
Flg Off Bevan Hall’s spiralling Tempest careered into Paul Breger's parachute as he floated down, having bailed out from his… Read More
