Invaluable for reconnaissance, cargo transport ... Il-2 bombers during WWII, making it the most-produced aircraft of the war. Instrumental in hobbling the German invasion of the Soviet Union ...

There was a dramatic change in the tactics of warfare with the outbreak of World War II. New technologies ... by eliminating the Junkers Ju 52 transport planes attempting to resupply the besieged ...

World War II aircraft were painted in a wide assortment ... while Neutral Gray mixed black and white.) The colors for German Luftwaffe planes were established established by the Ministry of ...

These were introduced into the larger bombers and larger transport aircraft ... Another important use of the external wires for some WW2 aircraft was for radio communications.

When the task became too demanding because England was the only European country capable of withstanding German ... heavy transport planes virtually anywhere. By the time World War II came to ...

Parachutists hurled themselves from World War II-era planes into the now peaceful ... On Sunday, three C-47 transport planes, a workhorse of the war, dropped three long strings of jumpers, their ...

Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson Jr, a military pilot whose aerial derring-do spanned from World War II, when he personally shot down 16 German planes in dogfights over occupied Europe, to ...