Germany and the US built some of the largest aircraft in World War II, although many of their designs were unsuccessful.

The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum preserves aviation history by restoring WWII aircraft, including a rare P-61 Black Widow and a B-25 Mitchell bomber. Learn about the six-year mission to recover a P-61 from ...

World War II aircraft were painted in a wide assortment of colors, from shades of gray to olive drab, blue, and camouflage patterns. British planes were painted Dark Earth, Dark Green, and Night — a ...

The Kugelblitz, officially known as the Flakpanzer IV Kugelblitz (“Ball Lightning”), was a late-war German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun developed from the Panzer IV chassis. Designed to counter ...

In the short time between the first flight of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk in 1903 and the Battle of Britain that started in July of 1940, the airplane had evolved from a rickety DIY creation to ...