On this day in aviation history, February 18, 1944, the Royal Air Force launched a daring mission to liberate imprisoned French resistance fighters through a low-level precision bombing mission that ...

Near the end of the war, the average age of a B-17 crew member in 1944 was 19 to 22, with pilots and co-pilots somewhat older and gunners, radio operators, and flight engineers a little younger, some ...

Meet Erich Hartmann, the deadliest fighter ace in history. With 352 confirmed aerial victories, he was feared in the skies during WWII. But what made him so unstoppable? Discover the story of the ...