Germany and the US built some of the largest aircraft in World War II, although many of their designs were unsuccessful.

Exploring the design and deployment of German support aircraft and gliders, this documentary program highlights the airborne innovations of the Nazi Luftwaffe during World War II. Segments focus on ...

Air power may have proved lethally effective during the First World War, but the technology was still in its infancy. By 1939, however, European air forces as well as North American and Asian powers ...

The Dornier Do 335 Pfeil was the fastest propeller-driven aircraft of WWII, with a claimed top speed of 490 mph in level ...

The German Bf 109 Became Infamous During the Battle of Britain – The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is the most famous German aircraft of the Second World War. In many ways, the aircraft mirrored Nazi Germany’s ...

People don't intentionally set themselves up for failure, and things aren't deliberately built to malfunction. But when desperate times call for desperate measures, mechanical solutions that follow ...

The first day of 1945 did not go the way Royal Air Force air controller Sgt. Peter Crowest expected it to. Shortly after reporting for duty at 9:00 a.m. at the airfield at Ursel, Belgium, Crowest and ...

When Nazi Germany invaded Poland in 1939, there were was little reason to believe that the Eastern European nation could hold out for more than a few weeks. It was the proverbial “David” facing the ...