Balloons may not seem like particularly threatening things, but mega-sized versions played a vital role in WW2. Here's what ...

A Tiger Moth has found a new home at an airfield where dozens of the aeroplanes were used to train pilots during World War ...

The Battle of Crete will remain forever in military history as the scene of the largest German airborne operation of World ...

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 ...

Exploring the design and deployment of German support aircraft and gliders, this documentary program highlights the airborne innovations of the Nazi Luftwaffe during World War II. Segments focus ...

The Japanese “Zero” fighter, for example, had a 12-to-1 kill ratio over enemy aircraft. Similarly, the German Focke-Wulf Fw-190 devastated the less capable Allied fighters in aerial combat.

The practice continues to influence the design of modern aircraft, some of which ... two of the best German fighter planes of WW2. The spirals worked well to promote safety.

The paints were initially produced by several German companies, and later in German-occupied territory. Aircraft manufacturers ... so many of these legendary WW2 planes were screaming through ...

Today's Object of the Week is the remains of a Second World War propeller, possibly from one of the last German aircraft to crash on British soil. Ellen Morris reports. The remains of a Junkers ...