World War II saw a great deal of innovation in the area of fighter aircraft design and construction, as it was the conflict that gave birth to the jet fighter. More than that, multiple nations fielded ...

War, what is it good for? This is a question with very few reasonable answers. However, war is undeniably a driver of technological advancement: The rapid evolution of combat planes during WWII is a ...

Reginald Harrison didn’t have a nickname when he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1943. But after crashing his plane a second time trying to liftoff for a mission in 1944, fellow pilots started ...