On January 11, 1944, during World War II, a single American P-51 Mustang faced thirty German fighters over enemy territory. Major James Howard defended sixty unescorted B-17 bombers deep inside ...
The Ta 183 combined boldly swept wings, a compact fuselage, and Heinkel’s HeS 011 turbojet, though prototypes were to rely ...
A P-51 Mustang flies over Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., during a 2015 event. (A1C Philip Bryant/Air Force) For the Allied forces, the skies over Europe from 1942 to 1943 brought near ...
The bombing of Dresden remains a controversial period in the Allied air war over Europe.
In late 1943, German fighter pilots dominated the skies over Europe, destroying American bombers at will. This film tells the story of how the arrival of the P-51 Mustang shattered that dominance and ...