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The scariest aircraft of World War II

The haunting wail that echoed across Europe during World War II often meant only one thing, the arrival of the German Junkers Ju 87 Stuka. Designed in the mid-1930s, this dive bomber became one of the ...
Franz Stigler, a German fighter pilot, spared American bomber pilot Charles Brown during World War II, illustrating how ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Irving Eisen was in the U.S. Navy during World War II and because of his command of German, he was stationed at the Air Document Research Center ...
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The WW2 aircraft that had one fatal flaw

In 1941, Royal Navy pilot Eric “Winkle” Brown barely survived when a shell smashed through his windshield, driving glass into his mouth and leaving him drifting in and out of consciousness. Only the ...
Germany has created some of the most iconic and innovative aircraft in history. The ten we have selected are a good mix of some of the highlights of German aviation, though the selection involved the ...