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Working on the Homefront, 1942-45" exhibit features about 50 photographs of workers at Grumman, Sperry, Republic and Liberty.
Blindflug Studios has released their WWII base building strategy game Ground of Aces onto Steam Early Access. This release invites players to become the commander of a British air base during the ...
Minnesota World War II veteran Les Schrenk recently got a chance to visit the former POW camp in Poland where he was held ...
During World War II, German fighter aces achieved remarkable success, with many accumulating staggering numbers of air kills.
The colors for German Luftwaffe planes were established established by the Ministry of Aviation, or Reichsluftfahrtministerium, in 1933.
In the opening hours of World War II, in the early morning skies over Poland, both the Axis and the Allied side had aerial victories and aerial “firsts”, some involving unlikely and obscure ...
One of Germany’s most famous fighter aces, Galland ended up in command of the Luftwaffe’s fighter forces during World War II—a position that granted him an insider’s view into the ...
How did the most elite Luftwaffe fighter aces keep track of their high tallies against the allies during World War II? In this video, we look at how German fighter pilots tallied their victories ...
Luftwaffe ace Adolf Galland famously replied, “I should like an outfit of Spitfires.” So then, the Spitfire wins this debate, right?
News Military Branches Air Force New Jersey Air Guard names an F-16 “Jersey Jerk” to honor World War II ace The plane honors Maj. Gen. Donald Strait, a World War II ace and Silver Star recipient.
From the Zero to the Messerschmitt Bf-109, Axis powers in World War II fielded some terribly fearsome aircraft. Here are 10 of their most iconic fighter jets.
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, ...