WWII African American fighter squadron protecting US bombers over Germany 00:28 War planes shot down burning debris 01:12 During World War II, RAF plane taking off from airfield in England locates downed British fighter pilot floating in raft in ocean ...
Prior to the Second World War, the Luftwaffe was in need of a new and modern fighter that was to replace the older biplane fighters that were in service, such as the Arado Ar 68 and Heinkel He 51. For this reason, in May 1934 the RLM issued a competition for a new and modern figh...
On 19th May 1943 in Littoria, the 371ª Squadriglia Caccia Terrestri (371th Terrestrial Fighter Squadron) officially presented the French fighter to General Renato Mazzucco, commander of the 3ª Divisione Aerea (3rd Air Division), who had come to visit their airbase. This confirms that the...
Honorable mention as the first US-marked aircraft to bring down a Japanese fighter in WWII. The Army built fewer than 300 Curtis P-36 Hawks but they hold an interesting place in history. These were the first fighter planes to engage Japanese forces at Pearl Harbor on December 7th,...
Great Planes - Republic P-47 Thunderbolt 58:25 Lancaster_FN-121_Tail_Gun_Turret_Demo(720p) 10:45 KOREAN WAR SILENT NEWSREEL 71812 - YouTu 18:45 Lee_Carbine__Gunmaking_is_not_for_the_Faint_of_He 10:39 Know Your Own Navy (1940) RAF Instructio 24:29 Loading a M4A3E8 Sherman...
Great Planes - Republic P-47 Thunderbolt 58:25 Lancaster_FN-121_Tail_Gun_Turret_Demo(720p) 10:45 KOREAN WAR SILENT NEWSREEL 71812 - YouTu 18:45 Lee_Carbine__Gunmaking_is_not_for_the_Faint_of_He 10:39 Know Your Own Navy (1940) RAF Instructio 24:29 Loading a M4A3E8 Sherman...
The mild-mannered but iron-willed Hartmann is the world’s ace of aces; as a Luftwaffe fighter pilot in World War II, he shot down 352 enemy planes--eight American, the rest Soviet. More than 40 years ago, he was known to his countrymen as “the Blond Knight of Germany” and to th...
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The pilots and ground crews of Luftwaffe Fighter Wing JG 27 paid their final respects before the remains of their fallen comrade were to be flown to Derna, Libya, 300 miles west, where the body would be interred at the Heroes’ Cemetery that same day. Once in Derna, Generalfeldmarschall...
Microsoft's flight simulators aimed realistically portray life as a commercial pilot for over a decade before combat was added. In this offshoot (pardon the pun) of the series, you are a combat pilot during World War II, for either the RAF, USAAF or...