The Ju-87 Stuka, a symbol of German air power, embarks on a critical mission during WWII. As it dives towards its target, unforeseen threats emerge, culminating in its demise. This story captures the ...

The Junkers Ju 87, known as the Stuka, was one of World War II’s most feared dive bombers. Introduced by the German Luftwaffe ...

Leonard Dowling, who turned 100 on June 21, shared some of his WWII experience about getting shot down in a Liberator bomber over Germany in 1944.

British-style flight helmet worn by B-17 co-pilot Charles Gutekunst of SaddleBrooke. Gutekunst, 98, continued flying after his retirement and last flew in 2013, when he was 94.

The German U-boat U-853 sank the last U.S. merchant ship sunk in WWII. Historian Tim Gray speculates that German U-boats may have entered Narragansett Bay before the U.S. officially entered WWII ...

It was supposed to be a routine mission. On April 10, 1944, Maj. Donald K. Willis, flying with the 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, was tasked with escorting an Allied bombing run on a ...

When British pilots first encountered Luftwaffe planes like the Messerschmitt Bf 109 (one of the iconic Axis aircraft that dominated World War II) bearing these yellow markings, they initially ...

The U.S. Air Force will no longer teach its recruits about the Tuskegee Airmen, the more than 15,000 Black pilots, mechanics and cooks in the segregated Army of World War II, an official with the ...

In the opening hours of World War II, in the early morning skies over Poland, both the Axis and the Allied side had aerial victories and aerial “firsts”, some involving unlikely and obscure ...

2 German pilots killed when WWII-era airplane crashes after takeoff in southern Finland By: The Associated Press Posted: 8:32 AM CDT Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024 Last Modified: 9:13 AM CDT Thursday ...

Two German men died when their World War II-era airplane crashed and caught fire in southern Finland minutes after takeoff, police said Thursday. The single-engine, two-seater T-6 Texan plane -- a ...

HELSINKI (AP) — Two German men died when their World War II-era airplane crashed and caught fire in southern Finland minutes after takeoff, police said Thursday.