World War 2 Aviation

Using Flaps in a Dogfight with the F4U Corsair and others

Using Flaps in a Dogfight Is it possible to improve turn performance in a WW2 fighter by deploying the flaps?[…]

Me 163 Komet The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet was a German rocket-powered interceptor aircraft. Designed by Alexander Lippisch, it is[…]

Night Bombers The twin campaigns—the USAAF by day, the RAF by night—built up into massive bombing of German industrial areas

Avro Lancaster Bombers The Lancasters shown in the clip are the BII, with the Bristol Hercules radial engine. 300 BIIs[…]

Wings over Italy Here are WWII Wings over Italy : Dogfights Gun Camera & Ground Attack Footage

Lancaster Bombers The First Flight Of The Canadian And Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight Lancaster Flying Together At Coningsby. Filmed[…]

Original FW-190 Paul Allen’s Flying Heritage Collection is home to the only flying original Fw-190 which is powered by the[…]

Mr Spitfire Alexander Adolphus Dumfries Henshaw, MBE (7 November 1912 – 24 February 2007) was a British air racer in[…]

RAF Dambusters Declassified Actor Martin Shaw takes to the skies to retrace the 1943 raid by 617 Squadron, which used[…]

US Navy Attacks Truk Island Operation Hailstone US Navy planes raid Japanese at Truk Lagoon / Island. Newsreel video with[…]