As the world transitioned from biplane to monoplane, many new developments propelled aviation forward, and Hermann Göring himself fantasized with the idea of a fleet of brand new Zerstörers, or ...

In the mid-1930s, Nazi Germany had a problem. Its twin-engined medium bombers, such as the Heinkel 111, had a range of perhaps 1,500 miles. However, the Luftwaffe’s single-engined fighter plane, the ...

WE had a grand day on Friday with three patrols. On the first we had a glorious dogfight with about nine Messerschmitt 110’s which caught a proper pasting: I must admit they were heavily outnumbered.

That the heavy fighters were called zerstorer (destroyers) was emblematic of the confidence the Germans placed in their heavy fighters. They were considered the elite of the Luftwaffe arm, and they ...

The Battle of Britain was more than 10 weeks old but the residents of Hailsham, Sussex – accustomed to watching dogfights overhead – had never seen anything quite like it. Screaming just feet above ...

This Messerschmitt 110 was shot down near Colchester on 4th September 1940. The photos show the two German pilots, who died on impact and are buried at the grave for foreign combatants in Cannock ...

This was no “milk run” trip on the B-24 Liberator bomber. The 10-man U.S. Army air crew, which included Bob Teichgraeber of Collinsville, was on a mission with dozens of other American planes on Feb.

This was no “milk run” trip on the B-24 Liberator bomber. The 10-man U.S. Army air crew, which included Bob Teichgraeber of Collinsville, was on a mission with dozens of other American planes on Feb.