The V 222 was the largest flying boat to attain operational status during the Second World War. When it first flew in 1944, ...

World War II, December 1945 edition which details production numbers of US aircraft during the Second World War. We ranked according to the grand total produced over the course of the war and ...

American industry produced nearly two-thirds of all Allied military equipment used during the Second World War, including 297,000 aircraft. These aircraft played a significant role in helping to ...

When the Second World War began, the Bf 109 proved superior to Allied aircraft at low and medium altitudes. It could out-dive and outclimb Spitfires and Hurricanes (except at altitudes above ...

The Second World War was in many ways an aerial war. While previous wars had taken place on land and sea, and thousands of fighter planes flew over the battlefields of World War I, the development ...

The Commemorative Air Force will fly three different Second World War-era aircraft to the museum as part of their Air Power History Tour, the museum said. ExploreDozens of T-34s landed in force at ...

The British-made single-seat fighter aircraft was used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after the Second World War. It was also the only British fighter to be ...

A group on Vancouver Island that is rebuilding a rare Second World War-era fighter-bomber recently acquired a key component that they hope will help the aircraft take flight. The Hawker ...

Planes dating back to World War Two are set to take to the skies above Guernsey to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Liberation Day. The States of Guernsey said a Hawker Hurricane, Spitfire ...

A Second World War Spitfire fighter plane has crashed in a field in Kent. The plane, owned by Fly A Spitfire, went down "in the vicinity of Hythe on 03/05/2025 (Saturday)", the company said in a ...