World War II saw a great deal of innovation in the area of fighter aircraft design and construction, as it was the conflict that gave birth to the jet fighter. More than that, multiple nations ...
While the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was the heaviest single-engine fighter plane of the war, it was a versatile and highly capable craft used in various roles. Equipped with a Pratt and Whitney R ...
The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era American military aircraft ranges from propeller-driven trainers, fighters, flying boats, and bombers to the nation’s first generation of jet-powered ...
By Richard Goldstein Col. Perry Dahl, an Army Air Forces fighter pilot who shot down nine enemy aircraft in the Pacific during World War II while surviving emergency landings, a runway crash ...