Near the end of World War II, the Luftwaffe designed a bomber that could carry out transatlantic missions, putting New York ...

In 1943, when Nazi field marshal Hermann Göring demanded that the Luftwaffe’s next bomber aircraft be able to carry a 1,000-kilogram bomb load 1,000 kilometers into enemy territory at a speed ...

A critical advantage to the Mosquito’s wooden construction was its relatively light weight—giving it a fantastic top speed of ...

German term for an air force. It was also the official name for the Nazi air force founded in 1935. Led by Hermann Goering, it became the largest and most powerful in Europe by the start of World War ...

This aircraft would go on to play a vital role in the German Luftwaffe’s campaigns across Europe, North Africa, the ...

The Second World War was a period of rapid technological development and experimentation. None more so than in the area of ...

A Surrey film studio played an "important but unsung" role in World War Two. Shepperton Studios, then known as Sound City ...

when the Luftwaffe combined two aircraft in a similar fashion, with a fighter atop an unmanned bomber loaded with explosives. The fighter would separate near the goal and the bomber would hit the ...

In six days U.S. and British bombers dropped 20,000 tons ... to smash up German war power (especially aircraft industry) on the ground; to bleed the Luftwaffe white in grinding air combat.

One of the most sinister aircraft of World War II, the Junkers Ju 87, was a dive bomber notable for its ... was responsible for destroying 17% of the Luftwaffe fighter fleet.

In 1940 Hitler sent 2,600 Luftwaffe fighters and bombers to destroy the Royal Air ... the summer hundreds of Spitfires were shipped in by aircraft carriers. These improved Spitfire Mark Vs had ...