The spirals on the noses of German fighter planes in World War II weren't a fashion statement. They had some very practical ...

Whether you're a plane enthusiast or don't know the first thing about airplanes, what Midwest Aero Restorations founder Mike ...

In 1942, a German Bf-109 fighter vanished into a frozen lake during WWII. Over six decades later, it was recovered almost perfectly preserved. This story bridges war, engineering, and the ...

Last year, we reported on the incredible discovery of the identity behind the National Air and Space Museum’s Messerschmitt .

While serving in Germany’s Luftwaffe in World War II, Erich Hartmann flew more than 1,400 missions in the Messerschmitt Bf 109, enabling ... in the early cohort of German pilots who got ...

The single-engine S-199 was a product of the Avia Company in Czechoslovakia, which had tooled up to produce Messerschmitt Bf 109s for the German Luftwaffe just as World War II ended. After the war ...

The unexpected discovery of a German Messerschmitt WWII fighter plane has been unearthed in excavation ... particularly on 1 April 1942 when an estimated 70 Ju-87 Stukas, Ju 88s and Bf 109s raided the ...