By mid-1942, half a year after America entered the war, however, the U.S. Navy needed its own land-based ... Sixteen of these twin-engine bombers famously flew in the Tokyo Raid of April 18 ...

and the same overall size as a TBF/TBM Avenger but weighing 3,500 lb. (1,588 kg) more. The Type 400 was envisioned to provide the U.S. Navy with a long-range carrier-borne fighter that could take ...

The 190-strong crew of Royal Navy destroyer HMS Exmouth were on escort duty in January 1940 when their vessel was hit by a torpedo and sank within two minutes. Now, more than 85 years on ...

In 1944 a Soviet marine air force unit stationed near Murmansk is fighting off the German bombers attacking the British navy convoys supplying the Soviet Union with war materials under the lend ...