The P-51 Mustang, often hailed as the best operational piston-engined fighter of WWII, was rapidly developed by North ...

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 ...

Britain stepped up the production of fighter planes, building them faster than ... bombers to carry out attacks on German ground forces. WW2: What was the secret to winning the Battle of Britain?

Japan's Mitsubishi A6M Zero: Best Fighter Plane of World War II? Japan’s Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter dominated the skies over the Pacific early in World War II, achieving a 12-to-1 kill ratio.

We all know what happened to the Army jeep; the USS Intrepid lives on as a floating museum; and people still recognize the P-38 Lightning and the P-51 Mustang fighter planes. But then there are ...

After destroying a Japanese Zero fighter ... Story of World War II Ace Butch Voris and the Creation of the Blue Angels." Voris was also heavily involved in choosing the type of aircraft they ...

It is hard to comprehend just how quick a World War II fighter plane is until it roars over you at just above tree-top level.Tyabb's small aerodrome on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula is home to a ...

One of the Japanese warships bears the name of a World War II-era carrier that took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor.