Fighting a global war can force every side involved to get creative in gaining an advantage over its adversaries. This ...

While the A-36 proved capable of consistently hitting its targets, the aircraft’s accident rate was concerning.

Royal Air Force tail gunner Nicholas Alkemade was flying his Avro Lancaster heavy bomber when he was hit by German flak. His ...

Last man out. In 1946, shortly after leaping from a plummeting B-24 bomber and hiding in caves from Nazi patrols for six ...

The spirals on the noses of German fighter planes in World War II weren't a fashion statement. They had some very practical ...

A restored B-29 Superfortress, known as Doc, is visiting Palm Springs. Doc is one of just two airworthy Superfortresses in ...

On April 21, 1945, near the village of Oberhinkofen, Bavaria, the last B-24 Liberator of the Eighth Air Force was shot down over Germany. This tragic event marked the final loss of an American bomber ...

"This is the Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum in Everett, Washington. We have the world's greatest collection of ...

When one thinks of Great Britain’s heavy bomber aircraft that preceded the Jet Age, chances are the Avro Lancaster and ...

America has made many great airplanes, but this wasn't one of them. Toward the war's end, many of them went straight from the ...

Flags across Kentucky are flying at half-staff on Saturday as a tribute to Army Air Force First Lieutenant Joe De Jarnette.

NOAA Ocean Exploration sent cameras inside the wreck over the Easter holiday weekend and three planes were located in the ...