The National Interest on MSN5d
Nazi Germany Once Tried to Build an Aircraft Carrier. It Didn’t End Well.
Unlike the Japanese carrier fleet, the Kriegsmarine envisioned using the Graf Zeppelin in a support capacity for the wider ...
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The P-51 Mustang and the man who won the World War II air war with it
It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...
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4 Of The Best German Fighter Planes Of WW2
The theaters of World War II were swarming with notable aircraft ... which outperformed many conventional German combat planes. The Messerschmitt Me 262 gave the Luftwaffe a small advantage.
Service to remember WW2 plane tragedy 80 years on
A service is being held to remember the last German aircraft to be brought down over British soil during World War Two. On 4 March 1945, a German aircraft crashed at Elvington near York killing all ...
How the Intrepid Moved a World War II Fighter Plane
The 33-foot Corsair, on loan from Florida, had to be “rigged up on skates” to get to the Intrepid’s hangar deck.
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Ranking The 10 Most Legendary Planes From WW2
One of the most sinister aircraft of World War II, the Junkers Ju 87 ... proved its worth as the most effective dive bomber in the German fleet and participated in events like the Battle of ...
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Nose Art: A Brief History Of The Personalized Painted Planes Of WW2
The First World War saw the advent of aerial combat, which brought a curious new addition to the history of art in warfare — images began appearing on the aircraft ... When World War II broke ...
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One of the last remaining Tuskegee World War II veterans dies at 100
Stewart celebrates his “hat trick” after downing three Nazi aircraft. (Courtesy of Lt. Col. Harry T. Stewart/HistoryNet) Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart, Jr., one of World War II’s few ...