In the midst of the Battle of Britain, a German bomber pilot bails out after his Heinkel He-111 is blasted by flak over ...

During World War II, German fighter aces achieved remarkable success, with many accumulating staggering numbers of air kills.

BILLINGS -- In a deadly dance over the farm fields of Luxembourg, eight American pilots stumbled upon 25 or more German fighters strafing ground troops during the Battle of the ...

WW2 pilot, 103, recalls sinking of German U-boat . 11 April 2025. Share Save. Isla Blatchford. BBC Guernsey communities reporter. Share Save. JOHN BARNES. John Barnes joined the Royal Navy aged 19.

This WWII pilot crash-landed into a field hosting a Nazi soccer match. Claire Barrett. Wed, ... German soldiers, Willis would later write in his Escape and Evasion Report #800, ...

A historic timepiece worn by Nazi pilots during WWII has emerged from a desk drawer and may soon fetch over $12,000 at auction. Made by the renowned German watchmakers A. Lange & Sohne in the ...

Two German men died when their World War II-era airplane crashed and caught fire in southern Finland minutes after takeoff, police said Thursday. The single-engine, two-seater T-6 Texan plane -- a ...

Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson Jr, a military pilot whose aerial derring-do spanned from World War II, when he personally shot down 16 German planes in dogfights over occupied Europe, to ...

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (WKRC) - A pilot from the Tri-State who had been missing since WWII will make his final journey home. First Lieutenant Dan Corson served with the Army Air Forces in Europe.

Dean “Diz” Laird, the only known Navy ace to shoot down both German and Japanese planes during World War II, has died, his daughter told CNN on Monday. He was 101.

During the course of the Second World War, thousands of U.S. Army Air Forces pilots and crew crashed in Nazi territory and had to evade capture or managed to escape from German POW camps.

HELSINKI — Two German men died when their World War II-era airplane crashed and caught fire in southern Finland minutes after takeoff, police said Thursday.. The single-engine, two-seater T-6 ...