Despite the fact that Estocin’s A-4E caught fire on its final approach, he managed to land safely into the barrier, and the fire crew extinguished the flames as he descended…
In September 1941, the Fw 190 entered combat over northwest France and quickly established its dominance over the Mark V Spitfire, Britain’s greatest fighter at the time One of Germany’s…
Jet fighter generations are divisions made to distinguish significant technological advances in the past development of jet fighters To distinguish between significant technological advances in the historical development of jet…
This article highlights a few of the more comprehensive sites One of the most prominent and ubiquitous memorials of this tragic struggle is the Second World War airfields scattered throughout…
There are multiple reports of the aerial combats between American and Soviet aircraft on May 8 and thereafter. After Adolf Hitler died by suicide on April 30, 1945, the Third…
Frantiek Brezina slipped on the bottom wing, but he was fortunate enough to keep his hands on the struts while his legs were dangling from the wing. The public is…
The IAR 80 fought primarily against the Russians, although on June 10, 1944, it engaged in combat with an American P-38 The Romanian IAR 80 was a fighter during World…
‘Fighter pilots of every nationality thought the Spitfire Mk IX was the best close-in fighter of them all,’ AVM ‘Johnnie’ Johnson. The following article contains excerpts from Adam Lunney’s book…
The P-51D was arguably the pinnacle of piston engine fighters during World War II. There were a few designs in the works that would add a little more performance to…
What distinguishes a Seafire from a “Hooked Spitfire”—a Spitfire that has been modified to include an arrestor hook—many of which were flown by the Fleet Air Arm? The front-line Fleet…