The thing is, diesel aircraft engines can run on diesel fuel, because that's what they were designed to do. One of the most ...

The Avro Manchester was meant to be Britain’s next great bomber — but after just 1250 sorties, 121 aircraft were lost, mostly ...

The Mitsubishi A6M Zero is probably the best-known military fighter used in WW2, but Kawasaki also made several aircraft for the conflict. Here are a few.

Powered by four 1,200 horsepower engines, the Liberator had a maximum range of 2,850 miles, was outfitted with 11 .50 caliber machine guns, and could carry 8,000 pounds of bombs. Focke Wulf Fw 190 ...

It had four 1,200-horsepower Wright engines, could reach speeds of up to 287 miles per hour, had a range of 3,750 miles, and could reach an altitude of 35,600 feet. Few planes worked harder than ...

World war one, and two, brought out many advancements in the sciences alongside their grim death tolls. Among them was the jet, which saw its first test flight in 1939, but never found use in the war.

The spitfire is the most famous plane of WW2. Its groundbreaking design and superior specifications gave the British the critical edge.

DEEP sea divers have captured incredible footage of a lost aircraft carrier that sunk during a pivotal WW2 battle 81 years ago. The warship wreck was found lying 17,000 ft underwater where it was s… ...

A second Thunday Day event will take place at Yorkshire Air Museum this weekend where visitors can watch WW2 aircraft fire up their engines including Handley Page Victor tanker, Nimrod and Dakota.

Major Richard Bong (1920-1945), the United States' highest-scoring air ace, admires the picture of his girlfriend Marjorie Vattendahl, on the side of his Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft ...