Germany invades Poland, leading Great Britain and France to declare war against Germany. May 15, 1940 In the first large scale “bombing war,” Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) bombs the Ruhr area of ...

Built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (which eventually became one of the founding components of BAE Systems), the Blenheim made its maiden flight on April 12, 1935, under the designation of Type 142 ...

Research is to take place into losses sustained by RAF bomber crews in the far east during World War Two. The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) said, while Bomber Command did not serve in the ...

I flew 36 missions and every time I went up my overriding thought is will I come back, but we had a job to do to defeat the Nazis and it had to be done”.

This is another episode of my "Can You Survive" series - this time inside of the Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive bomber in the ...

Antis the Alsatian at a wartime airfield. The dog flew dozens of bombing missions at the side of Robert Bozdech, a Czech airman serving in the RAF - BNPS The bravery medal awarded to a Second World ...

The P-51 Mustang, initially designed for the British RAF, became widely regarded as one of World War II's finest piston-engined fighters, with its combat performance significantly enhanced by ...