When the hastily built Lavochkin La-5 fighter first soared into the aerial arena in July 1943, German pilots waved it off as ...

In 1941, famed Royal Naval Fleet Air Arm pilot Eric “Winkle” Brown was returning home after a mission to protect British convoys in Gibraltar from the Germans when a shell smashed through his ...

The Pacific Theater of World War II was one of the most ferocious naval campaigns in history during which capital ships ...

John Cruickshank suffered 72 injuries during the bombing raid on a U-boat in 1944 but refused medical treatment.

Without enemy aircraft to cause problems, it became unnecessary to paint the planes, so many were left shiny.