Aviation

When a Ball Turret Gunner Fell Without a Parachute!

On January 3rd, 1943 a group of 72 B-17 Flying Fortresses were on a bombing mission in occupied France. Their[…]

The birth of the moniker the Bloody 100th came about on October 10th 1943. It was the third day of[…]

On January 19, 1991, during Operation Desert Storm, Captain Cesar “Rico” Rodriguez of the 58th Tactical Fighter Squadron flew an[…]

On November 29th, 1943, a large group of B-17 Flying Fortresses were on a mission to take out strategic targets[…]

March 6th, 1944. Twenty-three thousand feet over Germany. A B-17 Flying Fortress faced twelve Messerschmitt Bf 109s. In the tail[…]

Who really were the most dominant fighter pilots of the Second World War? Welcome back to History of War Elites![…]

The Lancaster bomber PA474 of the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) has arrived at Duxford’s Imperial War Museum[…]

US Military #News – Belgium is enhancing its air defence capabilities with the addition of 34 new F-35 Lightning II[…]

September 19th, 1942. Oberleutnant Wilhelm Johnen pushes his Messerschmitt Bf 109G to its absolute limit, engine screaming at maximum power,[…]

He is a German Luftwaffe ace with 81 confirmed victories on the Eastern front. Now a 103-year-old veteran, his talent[…]