The Yakovlev Yak-9 and North American P-51 Mustang are two of the most infamous fighters of the Second World War.

World War II marked a significant push in military aircraft innovation, eschewing most of the biplanes from the previous war ...

The German Luftwaffe entered World War II in September 1939 employing as its main day fighter the Messerschmitt Bf109 one of the classic fighter aircraft designs of all time When war broke out it ...

That said, we're looking at some of the fastest planes to be fielded during the Second World War. Want retirement to come a few years earlier than you’d planned? Or are you ready to retire now ...

While other theatres did have a call on the fighter wings, by far and away the bulk of German day fighters in this period was employed in the air defence of Germany. The core of the day fighter ...

Entering service in 1940, the Focke-Wulf Fw190 was one of Germany's widely produced planes and was the country's only fighter plane powered by a radial engine. In its base configuration ...

One of the most sinister aircraft of World War II, the Junkers Ju 87 ... proved its worth as the most effective dive bomber in the German fleet and participated in events like the Battle of ...

Britain stepped up the production of fighter planes, building them faster ... to be fighter-bombers to carry out attacks on German ground forces. WW2: What was the secret to winning the Battle ...