In the 1950s, East Germany desired a new airliner, so Brunolf Baade, a wartime bomber designer, responded with a futuristic ...

As the world transitioned from biplane to monoplane, many new developments propelled aviation forward, and Hermann Göring himself fantasized with the idea of a fleet of brand new Zerstörers, or ...

That the heavy fighters were called zerstorer (destroyers) was emblematic of the confidence the Germans placed in their heavy fighters. They were considered the elite of the Luftwaffe arm, and they ...

WHEN Will Messerschmitt was forced to stop making Nazi planes at the end of World War II he turned to making quirky little three-wheeled cars. In the wake of the war there was a ban placed on Germans ...

When you think of the Luftwaffe during World War II, you think of the Messerschmitt Bf-109 and not much else. Sure, the Fw-190 is a wonderful second fiddle, but the 109 drove fear into the hearts of ...

Use the controls at the bottom of the frame to navigate, zoom in and out, or view full-screen. The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was the spearhead of the German fighter force in World War II, unchallenged ...

The German Bf 109 Became Infamous During the Battle of Britain – The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is the most famous German aircraft of the Second World War. In many ways, the aircraft mirrored Nazi Germany’s ...

The German Luftwaffe was one of the most dreaded organizations of the Second World War. Its machines dominated the skies over Europe for years before the Allied forces were able to put up a notable ...