When Me 163s Battled P-51s
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Category: World War 2 Aviation
World War 2 Aviation
When This B-17 Lost Its Entire Nose — This Crew Flew 10 Minutes Pulling Bare Cables
Why First Lieutenant Ewald Swanson’s crew flew a B-17 by pulling bare control cables with their hands during WW2 —[…]
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The Insane Engineering of the P-38 Lightning
The Insane Engineering of the P-38 Lightning Credit to : Real Engineering
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The Insane Mustang Pilots that Finished Japan
This documentary tells the story of the VLR (Very Long Range) P-51 Mustang units assigned to Iwo Jima in the[…]
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P-47 Thunderbolt: How America’s Deadliest Aerial Combat Workhorse Destroyed the Nazis in WW2
The P-47 Thunderbolt was a formidable American fighter-bomber aircraft used during World War II. Its design, engine, and performance made[…]
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WW2 Crewman Who Went Outside the Plane in Mid Air
On the night of April 26th, 1944 more than two hundred RAF bombers were on a mission to take out[…]
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When a Flying Boat Battled a U-Boat
On June 24, 1944, Flight Lieutenant David Hornell was on a patrolling mission in his Catalina Canso A 9754 from[…]
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When a B-17 Pilot Attacked the Copilot
On 26th July 1943, a formation of B-17s was on a mission to strike factories in Hannover. Participating in the[…]
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When a B-17 Tail Fell With a Gunner Inside
On November 29th, 1943, a large group of B-17 Flying Fortresses were on a mission to take out strategic targets[…]
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How One Gunner’s “Suicidal” Tactic Destroyed 12 Bf 109s in 4 Minutes — Changed Air Combat Forever
March 6th, 1944. Twenty-three thousand feet over Germany. A B-17 Flying Fortress faced twelve Messerschmitt Bf 109s. In the tail[…]
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