World War II aircraft were painted in a wide assortment of colors, from shades of gray to olive drab, blue, and camouflage patterns. British planes were painted Dark Earth, Dark Green, and Night — a ...

Hans Jeschonnek was 15 when he decided he joined the German army in the First World War. Early on he embraced militarism and ...

Eighty-five years ago today, the first prototype turbojet aircraft, the He 178, was test-flown only days before Germany invaded Poland to start World War II. The plane could fly for only six minutes.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday took part in a wreath-laying ceremony in Coventry, a central English city that was heavily bombed by Germany's air force during World War II. The ...

Deep in a remote German forest where intense fighting took place in the final months of World War II, a group of relic ...

In the opening hours of World War II, in the early morning skies over Poland, both the Axis and the Allied side had aerial victories and aerial “firsts”, some involving unlikely and obscure aircraft ...

Across the country, towns banded together to support the war effort. However, one Surrey town is believed to have ...