World War II witnessed tremendous growth in the size of American military aviation, from about 2,500 airplanes to nearly 300,000 by the war’s end. The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era ...
During this time, it had an 11-to-1 victory ratio over enemy aircraft in the Pacific Theater. The F4U-4 Corsair, flown by both the Navy and Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean War ...
The Mitsubishi A6M Zero was among the aircrafts used in Japan's attacks on the U.S. at places like Pearl Harbor in 1942, devastating American planes at the time. The lightweight aircraft was ...
The wreck of a US aircraft carrier that was sunk during World ... because she was one of the capital ships that was lost during WWII," Vulcan spokesman Robert Kraft said. Pictures from the seabed ...
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight planes are a regular feature at summer air shows Wartime aircraft due to fly at this weekend’s Duxford Summer Air Show have been grounded after a fatal crash.
After enduring kamikaze attacks, the USS Ticonderoga returns to San Francisco at the end of World War II.
Photos from the dramatic moment when the aircraft was lifted from the seabed can be seen in the video above. RAF Museum volunteer with the wing section Dr Harry Raffal, head of collections and ...
On December 2, 1943, a Halifax aircraft exploded as it hit an unoccupied bungalow beside Applegarth School on Springwell Lane ...