AeroTime looks back at the World War II Allied ace pilots from the US, UK, France and Soviet Union who became legends of the ...

The World War II veteran survived 25 perilous B-17 missions over Nazi Germany and later became a voice for remembering the ...

In 1940, as the Luftwaffe rained destruction on Britain, more than 30 Australian fighter pilots - some flying for the RAF - joined “The Few” to help defend the skies. Men like Flight Lieutenant Pat ...

Blue plaques to honour two brothers who fought in the Battle of Britain have been unveiled at their former home in Barnsley.

The 119th Fighter Squadron at the Atlantic City Air National Guard Base has a new flagship: a jet that bears the tail insignia of the Jersey Jerk, the name of the planes that hero pilot Donald J.

If anyone could build an air force quickly, surely it would be the Germans. Even after “the few” of the R.A.F. rose to blast the myth of Nazi Luftwaffe invincibility in World War II, Hermann Göring’s ...

"Lucky" was just a wide-eyed 21-year-old lieutenant when he manned the B-17 controls and took to the sky for his first ...

Kept under a veil of civilian airlines, glider clubs, and civil aviation clubs, the Luftwaffe emerged as a military force while the rest of Europe slept, and the He 51 was the backbone fighter of the ...

The massive preparation for invasion thundered through its 16th straight day into a new month of fantastic statistics of destruction. In April, U.S. and R.A.F. planes from Britain and Italy had ...

In 1944, an American bomber was separated from its formation after making a bombing run over airplane factories in the heart of Nazi Germany when one of its engines began to fail. Luftwaffe pilots ...