First conceived by Messerschmitt as a carrier-borne fighter, the Me 155 morphed into a high-speed attack plane and later a high-altitude interceptor known as the Blohm & Voss BV 155. Nazi Aircraft ...

At 10:30 a.m. on July 30, Steelhead was off Formosa when it sighted smoke, which, upon investigation, revealed an enemy convoy escorted by aircraft.

After the war, Ohain and many examples of German jet planes were captured and shipped to the U.S. and the Soviet Union for study. 3. You can thank the Wehrmacht for guided missiles ...

6. Battle of Kursk ©"A German supply convoy of the Ninth Army attacked by Soviet aircraft during the Battle of Kursk, July 11, 1943." by WWII in View is licensed under PDM 1.0. - Original / License ...

In July 1945, as Allied bombers darkened Japan’s skies in the war’s final days, the Katsuragi, a formidable Unryū-class aircraft carrier, stood poised in the Seto Inland Sea. Though ...

The Germans primarily painted spirals on the nosecones of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, two of the best German fighter planes of WW2. The spirals worked well to promote safety.

World War II aircraft were painted in a wide assortment of colors, from shades of gray to olive drab, blue, and camouflage patterns. British planes were painted Dark Earth, Dark Green, and Night ...

Shipwreck explorers find iconic rare CAR while scouring sunken WW2 aircraft carrier – and can even read unique reg plate Three miles deep in the Pacific, explorers made a surprising discovery ...

The American lost so many aircraft carriers that they only had one left, the “Saratoga”, so the admiralty sent the HMS Victorious for support. We left England and went to Northern Virginia ...