Once lost to time and rust, this M40 helmet was pulled from the battlefield and painstakingly restored. Every step reveals a ...

A German Luftwaffe pilot yesterday returned to the English city he blitzed to apologise for bringing death and destruction. About 400 residents were killed and 19,000 buildings reduced to rubble ...

The backbone of the Luftwaffe's air superiority rested with the Messerschmitt Bf 109, a single-engine fighter plane that saw combat from the start of the war in 1936 until the bitter end in 1945 ...

The colors for German Luftwaffe planes were established established by the Ministry of Aviation, or Reichsluftfahrtministerium, in 1933. The paints were initially produced by several German ...

By the end of the battle the better organised RAF had defeated the Luftwaffe and downed 1,887 German planes. The RAF lost 1,023 planes. The tide of the war started to turn.

This helmet survived a war but nearly lost the battle with time. Covered in deep rust and flaking metal, it was carefully ...