World War 2 Aviation

The Forgotten Revenge for Pearl Harbor – Lae-Salamaua 1942

Revenge for Pearl Harbor On the 10 March 1942, the United States Navy struck the Japanese landing site in New[…]

The Japanese B-17 Squadron Find out how the Japanese obtained American B-17s and how they used them. Disclaimer: All opinions[…]

Captain Winkle Brown Captain Eric Melrose “Winkle” Brown, CBE, DSC, AFC, Hon FRAeS, RN was a British Royal Navy officer[…]

German Bf 109s Why did the Swiss Air Force have German Messerschmitt Bf 109s and how did its neutrality during[…]

Secret Fuze Dogfights tend to overshadow our conception of aerial warfare yet AA guns also play a big role. Lets[…]

WW2 Stealth Bomber It was near the end of World War II, and the Germans were getting desperate to turn[…]

Me 262 Aircraft Operation Lusty…..part of the US plans to bring back the 262 (and other advanced jets) to the[…]

Smashing the Luftwaffe Operation HUSKY led to a decisive victory over the Luftwaffe and Regia Aeronautica. But why does no[…]

RAF Action Selected highlights from “The Gen” R.A.F. News Magazine, distributed exclusively inside the service during World War 2. […]

The Man who Engulfed Germany in Flames “The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were[…]