DETROIT -- A naval aviator from Detroit who was one of four Americans shot down on the last day of World War II will finally receive a proper burial next month. The remains of Ensign Eugene Mandeberg ...
A dogfight is a slang term used to describe any close-range aerial combat between military aircraft. It's typically credited with being coined during World War I when perhaps the first written account ...
The Blackburn Roc was supposed to be a revolutionary turret fighter, built on the belief that flexible guns could outmatch conventional fighters in the air. Instead, it quickly proved too slow and too ...
"And then came the war": training for combat, 1943-1944 -- "Kids jerked right out of high school": Air Group 88 takes form, 1944 -- "Moved, always West, toward the ...
The battle of Britain: 1940, Spitfire vs Bf 109E -- Battle for the bombers: Europe 1943-45, P-47 Thunderbolt vs Bf 109G/K -- Tooth and claw: duels over China, 1944, P-40 Warhawk vs Ki-43 "Oscar" -- ...