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 ...

It is hard to comprehend just how quick a World War II fighter plane is until ... needed to restore historic aircraft to flight is also something of a vanishing art. "They all require their ...

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 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 ...

CHIKUZEN, Fukuoka Prefecture--A full-size replica of the rarest of Japan’s World War II fighter planes, the Shinden interceptor, has gone on display at the Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum here.

The P-51 Mustang was an American-designed, long-range, single-seat fighter ... during World War II. Its low-drag wing was a notable improvement on most designs of the time, and the aircraft ...

In the denouement of World War II, American and Soviet ... 4 Phantom II was the most prolific aircraft of the war. Designed by the Navy as a state-of-the-art fighter-interceptor, the U.S. Air ...

An American fighter plane that crashed off the north Wales coast ... and expert fighter pilots who served with distinction during WW2. My visit to the site with my wife Cathy in 2016 was very ...

“I had just flown the very last combat mission of World War II,” said Abramson. At the age of 18 Abramson was serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps in Iwo Jima. He flew a P47 fighter plane named ...

Joel Abramson, a 101-year-old World War II fighter pilot now living at Pomperaug Woods in Southbury, signs his name Saturday on a 1941 Boeing Stearman plane owned by Garrett Fleishman of Oxford at ...

Alton Takiyama-Chung is one of eight nationally renowned storytellers, along with several regional presenters who will be ...

Although RAF Fighter Command was outnumbered in July 1940, Britain ramped up factory production and by October Fighter Command had more fighter planes than ... in action. WW2: Did the war change ...