planes | War History

Low Flying B-17 From ‘The War Lover’ Movie – This Is Some Crazy Flying (Watch)

This video shows several low passes by a B-17 at RAF Bovingdon in England; it’s a clip from the movie “The War Lover.” The War…

Shot Down over Auschwitz – The “Hell’s Angel” Aircrew Are Remembered To This Day

By Guest Blogger Szymon Serwatka All photos provided by the author On Friday, September 13th, 1944, the 15th Air Force targeted the Nazi fuel industry…

Awesome 81-Year-Old Pilot Flies WW2 Spitfire Back To His Old School, Does Victory Roll

Undoubtedly, there are many pilots, commercial and private, who envy 81-year-old Brian Lockwood. He got to fly a Spitfire, that legendary fighter of Battle of…

Amazing Story Of Heroism – JFK Was Awarded The Navy and Marine Corps Medal In WWII (Watch)

On a dark night in August of 1943, young Jack Kennedy is cruising silently through the waters of the South Pacific near the Solomon Islands…

Powerful Footage Of Arnhem Allied Cemetery – Operation Market Garden

Following the Allies’ successful landings at Normandy in the north of France, the tide of the war seemed to be turning. America had joined the…

Flying the Me 262 – Amazing Footage Of A Flyable Nazi Jet Fighter

There are very few aircraft in the history of aviation as unique and innovative as the Messerschmitt Me 262. This was created out of desperation.…

American WWII Parachute Veteran Makes Skydives Again, Aged 91

Over 70 years since Vincent J. Speranza last jumped from an airplane, he was able to do it again. The difference is that, 70 years…

With a Modified Aircraft Machinegun, Corporal Tony Stein Fired His Way Across Iwo Jima and Earned the Medal of Honor

Jeff Edwards

The ability to improvise, adapt, and overcome has long been a core ethos of the United States Marine.  While one could find many examples from…

The Red Baron: Manfred von Richthofen, Famed WW1 Flying Ace

The greatest fighter ace of the First World War, Manfred von Richthofen, was born on the 2nd of May 1892. Becoming an officer cadet at…

A C-5 Galaxy Air Launches An Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (Watch)

Joris Nieuwint

The ICBM, or Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, is a nuclear weapon designed to destroy entire cities. Fortunately, they have never before been used in war. They…

Mighty Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress In WWII – Amazing Picture Collection

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was the first American four-engine heavy bomber that made it in mass production. It was developed in the 1930s as an…

Amazing Dogfight, Mustang Versus Zero, Japanese Perspective

The film named ‘Eternal Zero’ is about a fictional Japanese pilot, Kyuzo Miyabe, and his career flying through the skies during World War 2. In…