September 19th, 1942. Oberleutnant Wilhelm Johnen pushes his Messerschmitt Bf 109G to its absolute limit, engine screaming at ...
The 'spy’ (or, more correctly, reconnaissance) aircraft must survive enemy fighters and anti-aircraft weapons, often relying ...
Built almost entirely from wood and powered by twin Merlin engines, the De Havilland Mosquito was one of WWII’s greatest ...
A critical advantage to the Mosquito’s wooden construction was its relatively light weight—giving it a fantastic top speed of 415 miles per hour. Summary and Key Points You Need to Know: The De ...
LONDON—A composite, single piece main wing was among the advances developed by Spirit AeroSystems as part of the UK’s now-canceled Mosquito Lightweight Affordable Novel Combat Aircraft (LANCA) ...
Flight Lieutenant Desmond Curtis, who has died aged 100, flew more than 70 sorties in Beaufighter and Mosquito strike aircraft and was awarded the DFC for attacks in the lead-up to D-Day. In March ...
Wright Field Technical Documents Library / D50. Transportation, Supplies, and Equipment / D52. Aircraft / D52.1 - Airplanes (arranged alphabetically) / D / de ...
From the first 37mm cannon experiments of World War I to the monstrous 102mm gun fitted to Italy’s Piaggio P.108A, engineers ...