Focke-Wulf Fw 44J ´Stieglitz´ (c/n: 663, formerly ´663´ of the Swedish Air Force, D-ENAY / Quax Flieger association), taxiing at Fliegerhorst Wittmundhafen air force base, June 2013. At first, there was ´Kiebitz´ (English: lapwing), a […]
On 4th February 1943, prototype of a twin-engine medium bomber, the Bristol Type 163 ´Buckingham´, performed its maiden flight. An idea to create a medium bomber based on Beaufighter originally came from its manufacturer, the […]
On 14th January 1942 (or 13th January, according to some sources), a helicopter designed by Igor Sikorsky and designated Vought-Sikorsky VS-316 (aka XR-4, under its USAAF designation) performed its maiden flight, piloted by Les […]
Douglas A-26B Invader (c/n: 28044, formerly 44-34765 USAAF / NL67160), exhibited at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels, September 2016. The A-26 was developed in the early 1940s as […]
On 24th December 1937, the first prototype of Macchi C.200 Saetta (also known as Macchi-Castoldi M.C.200), successfully performed its maiden flight, flown by chief test pilot Giuseppe Burei. The aircraft was designed by Mario Castoldi, […]
On 6th December 2021, the aviation regiment located at Chelyabinsk Shagol air force base, and being a part of the 14th Army of the Air Force and Air Defence (14-я армия ВВС и ПВО), celebrated […]
On 26th November 1943, Lieutenant Commander Edward Henry O’Hare – the US Navy´s first fighter ace – was shot down during a night intercept mission, flying a Grumman F6F Hellcat. His aircraft was never found. […]
Junkers Ju 52/3m (assembled in Spain as CASA 325L, c/n 13, F-AZJU), Amicale Jean Baptiste Salis, Plzeň/Líně airfield, September 2018. The Ju 52 was created in 1930, initially being just another single-engine aircraft representing the […]
Fieseler Fi 103 (also known as Vergeltungswaffe 1 / V-1) flying bomb, exhibited at Deutsches Museum in Munich, October 2012. The idea of an unmanned aircraft able to strike on remote targets is virtually as […]
On 8th October 1939, a Lockheed Hudson reconnaissance aircraft, patrolling the area near Jutland, shot down a Dornier Do 18 flying boat. It was the first air victory in the World War II achieved by […]
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