According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over ...

This is one of the 20mm Cannon Shells fired by Mosquito II DD612, flown by my father (Group Captain R G Slade) on the night of 22-8-1942. My father and his navigator shot down a Dornier 217 E-4 U5 ...

For example, during World War II, the German FLAK 36 88mm multi-purpose ... namely Sweden’s 40mm Bofors and Switzerland’s 20mm Oerlikon guns. The inspiration for the 40mm Bofors gun traces ...