
The contrail streen February sky over northern Germany as overlightenetant France Stigler rolled his Messmid BF109 into position behind what he assumed would be an…

A B29 Superfortress is not supposed to stay airborne on one engine. 8 hours from the nearest land, a crippled bomber crawls over the Pacific,…

Lieutenant Robert Johnson saw the flash of sunlight on metal above him and knew instantly what it meant. 16 Faka Wolf 190s were diving…

January 26th, 1945. The town of Holtzvir, France, sat buried under snow as six German Panzer tanks rumbled toward the American positions. Lieutenant Audi Murphy…

The automatic camera clicked steadily as Major Robert Cowboy Stout’s F6F Hellcat swept over Paleolu at 8,000 ft. September 12th, 1944. His orders were simple.…

The Wildcat fighter shuddered as cannon rounds tore through its tail section. Lieutenant Commander Jimmy Thatch watched his wingman’s aircraft disintegrate under zero fire. The…

June 23rd, 1942. Royal Air Force spotters at Pembry Airfield in South Wales watched through binoculars as a sleek German fighter descended through the clouds…

The factory worker’s wrench froze mid turn as he heard the pilot’s words echo across the Buffalo assembly floor. I’m not flying that death trap.…

On July 10th, 1942, Lieutenant William Ths was lost over the Aleutian Islands. His PBY Catalina patrol plane had been navigating by dead reckoning through…

For 80 years, aviation enthusiasts have argued about one question. Which propeller-driven fighter was the fastest in World War II? Today, we’re settling it based…




