When the US and its allies started producing planes like the P-51 Mustang, Germany worked to improve on the Fw190 A design. A couple of prototypes resulted in the Fw190 D.

The Yakovlev Yak-9 was the most-produced Soviet fighter aircraft in WWII, with an estimated 16,769 units built. Powered by a 1,650 horsepower engine, the Yak-9 had a top speed of 374 mph and was ...

The Nazi war machine produced over 20,000 Focke-Wulf Fw-190 fighter planes during WWII. Highly maneuverable, the Fw-190 was a superior dogfighter, for which, throughout much of the war, the Allied ...

During WWII, the Nazi war machine produced over 20,000 Focke-Wulf Fw-190 fighter planes, known for their outstanding maneuverability and superiority in dogfights, leaving the Allied powers without ...

The bullet-nosed plane was easily 200 mph faster than Allied fighters at cruising speed and could climb unnaturally fast. Allied intelligence quickly realized that Germany had fielded the world ...

History buffs know the image well: a score of U.S. fighter planes sporting the now-iconic black and white stripes across their wings soaring over Normandy as the Allies mounted one of the most ...

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The Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu was given the codename "Nick" by the Allies, while the Japanese designated it a Type 2 two-seat fighter. The aircraft entered production in late 1941, and it continued to ...

It is an understatement to say that the Allied air forces played a key role in the invasion; without the contribution of Allied fighter planes, transports, bombers, reconnaissance planes and troop ...

A World War II-era P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-26428) of the 365th Fighter Group in flight. (American Air Museum in Britain) The attack was over by noon, with the surviving Luftwaffe pilots ...

History buffs know the image well: a score of U.S. fighter planes sporting the now-iconic black and white stripes across their wings soaring over Normandy as the Allies mounted one of the most ...