How did the most elite Luftwaffe fighter aces keep track of their high tallies against the allies during World War II? In ...

German engineers and scientists created some exceptional and novel military designs during WWII. Granted ... and lack of experienced pilots. The backbone of the Luftwaffe's air superiority ...

Harry Stewart Jr. was one of the legendary flying corps’ most decorated pilots during the WWII, having claimed three Nazi aircraft in a single day.

Stewart was one of two surviving combat pilots from the World War II-era 332nd Fighter Group ... he recalled. The Luftwaffe pilot followed suit but had overcontrolled and quickly spun out ...

Above the skies of the Korean Peninsula, the F-86 Sabre formed one part of an epic aerial rivalry—against the MiG-15.

Harry Stewart Jr., who flew 43 missions over Europe as a fighter pilot and was among the last ... in the segregated U.S. military during World War II, died Feb. 2 at his home in Bloomfield Hills ...

For instance, the Armstrong Whitworth Siskin has been called the slowest fighter of WWII — at a paltry 156 ... were arguably more dangerous for the pilot than the opposition.

If asked to name the most numerously produced Western-built fighter aircraft ever ... Jet technology first emerged out of World War II, where the German Luftwaffe was busy innovating faster ...

When the United States entered World War II ... Fighter Squadron. By April 1945 Nazi Germany faced inevitable defeat, but in spite of shortages in aircraft, fuel and experienced pilots the ...

His boyhood dream to be an adventurous pilot was fulfilled thanks to World War II. But, as a civilian ... On one mission, to attack a Luftwaffe base in Germany, Lieutenant Stewart and six other ...