As the Battle of Malta intensified during World War II, Nazi Germany deployed its elite Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter units to support the Luftwaffe's campaign against the strategically vital ...

Here are a few important points to remember about the Classic Media Productions documentary flick. Fighters of WWII: Spitfire, Mustang, and Messerschmitt starring Roy Ward has a Not Rated rating, a ...

First conceived by Messerschmitt as a carrier-borne fighter, the Me 155 morphed into a high-speed attack plane and later a high-altitude interceptor known as the Blohm & Voss BV 155. An agreement on ...

The first Komet flew in 1941 and shattered every speed record of its age, exceeding 620 mph before the jet engine even ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shuttleworth's Spitfire is a 1942 aeroplane rather than a Battle of Britain machine Few machines have as much shared history as ...

The Me 262 – the World’s First Operational Jet-Powered Fighter – Design work on the Messerschmitt Me 262 began before the outbreak of the Second World War, but due to problems with the engine design, ...

Designed as a dedicated point defense interceptor, the Komet was the only rocket-powered fighter to ever enter operational service. My colleague Peter Suciu hits the nail on the head when he sums up ...

In the nomenclature of World War II, few names are more widely known now than Messerschmitt. It stands for lethal speed in the air by Nazi pursuit ships. Willy Messerschmitt,* 41, is a sharp-nosed, ...

Red 12, the restored Messerschmitt, and a Spitfire from the Shuttleworth Collection become the first pair of the Second World War adversaries to take to the skies together in the 21st century - ...

The Spitfire, P-51 Mustang, and Messerschmitt Bf 109 were exceptionally great fighters of WWII, and, with the use of authentic & rare color and B&W footage, this program details what made them so ...