Some had been tested before 1939. WWII was the moment they proved they belonged on almost every aircraft that followed.

German anti-aircraft crews needed a way to locate and illuminate enemy aircraft moving through the night sky, and the 60 cm Flak-Scheinwerfer 36 provided an impressive solution. Instead of an ordinary ...

Among the occupied countries that fell under German control after 1940, France stood out as the most important source of outsourced aviation production. Its aircraft industry was large, technically ...

The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka (from Sturzkampfflugzeug, "dive bomber") was a German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The German Focke-Wulf 190 fighter plane flies airborne over the Sivrihisar Aviation Center during a demonstration flight. This ...