Here’s What You Need to Remember: The fighters exacted an awful toll on the bombers, but the offensives undoubtedly had an impact on German industrial production. Some thousands of bombers and ...

Key Points - The Consolidated B-24 Liberator, a key Allied heavy bomber in World War II, was the most produced combat aircraft in history (18,482 built). -Making its maiden flight in 1939, the B-24 ...

Summary: During World War II, the strategic bomber offensive tested the balance between bombers and fighters, evolving from the early limitations demonstrated in the Battle of Britain to the ...

In WW2, the British made destroying German dams a key strategic target in order to kneecap the German industrial effort. To accomplish this, they needed a special plane to deliver the payload: the ...

Empathy is under attack lately. The all-important ability to see the world through another person’s eyes is now being recast as something corrosive. The argument goes like this: if you’re empathetic, ...

In March 1944, a single American bomber tail gunner faced overwhelming German fighter attacks during World War II. Staff ...

The last time Willie Schludecker saw this northeastern England village he was in the cockpit of a German bomber during World War II. On May 1, 1942, his plane damaged by British fighters during a ...

Arthur "Art" Nystrom, 91, is likely the last person alive in the Brainerd area who served as an airman during World War II, and also likely the last man left from the crew of his B-24 Liberator bomber ...

World War II aircraft were painted in a wide assortment of colors, from shades of gray to olive drab, blue, and camouflage patterns. British planes were painted Dark Earth, Dark Green, and Night — a ...