Yorkshire Air Museum: A former WW2 RAF air base near York fired up iconic British bomber engine The Hercules for the first time since 1945
The former Second World War RAF air base near York, Yorkshire Air Museum, has fired up the iconic British bomber engine The ...
Paul Allen's Extensive Private Aircraft Collection
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's passion for aviation, driven by his love of technology and history, led him to create an ...
Diver tells of WW2 aircraft wrecked off Chesil Beach
The talk will delve into the story of a WW2 Tomahawk Fighter that was found wrecked off Chesil Beach. It will be presented by Selwyn Williams, the diver who discovered the wreckage in 1980. The ...
National Interest on MSN13d
P-51 Mustang: The Best Fighter Plane of World War II
The P-51 Mustang, often hailed as the best operational piston-engined fighter of WWII, was rapidly developed by North ...
USAAC P-38 Lightning Vs RAF De Havilland Mosquito: Which Was The Better WWII Fighter?
Not surprisingly, both nations produced some very impressive warbirds to help them defeat the Axis powers, and one ...
The Aviationist on MSN8d
Historic U.S. Military Aircraft Join Hurricane Helene Relief Operations
C-47 Skytrains “Placid Lassie” and “Chalk 40” and a pair of UH-1 Hueys are among the many unique aviation assets helping to ...
Missing Allied WWII Plane Found 80 Years After Being Lost During Mission
The bomber aircraft never returned from a mission in 1943, with all four of its crew members killed in action.
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P-51 Mustang: The Best Fighter Plane of World War II
Many experts consider it the best World War II fighter plane ... which the RAF designated the Mustang Mk III. During the Second World War, the aircraft proved to be quite the deadly warbird ...
Banbury Guardian6d
Campaign launched to commemorate two Banbury RAF men who died while taking on 'highly dangerous and secretive photography'
A campaign has been launched to commemorate two brave Banbury men who lost their lives while serving in the Photographic ...
Royal Aeronautical Society9d
Celebrating Black History Month at the Royal Aeronautical Society
The Royal Aeronautical Society is excited to celebrate Black History Month, honouring the remarkable contributions of Black ...
Interesting Engineering14d
WWII bomber that mysteriously vanished 80 years ago found buried at bottom of sea
The wreckage of a Beaufort bomber sent to attack airfields near Italy's Foggia in 1943 has been found 40 feet beneath the ...
The Engineer27d
September 1945: Why the Luftwaffe failed to secure air superiority in WWII
A lack of orthodox aircraft saw the Luftwaffe fall short in its challenge for WWII air superiority At the start of the ... at its height compared to 749 fighter aircraft available to the RAF. By the ...