German term for an air force. It was also the official name for the Nazi air force founded in 1935. Led by Hermann Goering, it became the largest and most powerful in Europe by the start of World War ...

Greenville native Miles Richard "Dick" League, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, fought in World War II. He was a prisoner of ...

But as Horst Petzschler talked about what it was like to be a pilot in Germany’s Luftwaffe during World War II, the gray-haired ... to the horizon with American bombers and fighter planes.

In terse notations, the logbook kept by Royal Air Force fighter pilot John “Paddy” Hemingway in the summer of 1940 records the deadly struggles in the skies over England as wave after wave of German ...

The twin-engine planes such as the Luftwaffe‘s JU-88, HE111, and Japan’s G4M Betty had tactical missions or became a jack of all trades. Of all the World War II bombers, America’s B-29 ...

The Lancaster Bomber carried out daring missions, including the audacious Dambusters raids, on Germany during World War Two. It had a crew of seven from the pilot to the gunners. Everyone had to ...

Its groundbreaking design and superior specifications gave the British a decisive advantage fighting the Luftwaffe ... fighter-bombers to carry out attacks on German ground forces. WW2: What ...

The German Luftwaffe entered World War II in September 1939 employing as its main day fighter the Messerschmitt Bf109 one of the classic fighter aircraft designs of all time When war broke out it ...

the Luftwaffe. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer paid tribute to Mr Hemingway, saying his courage and those of all RAF pilots had "helped end WWII and secure our freedom". The Prince of Wales also ...

John “Paddy” Hemingway, the last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, has died at 105. He played a crucial role in defending Britain from Luftwaffe raid ...

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The last surviving pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain during World War II has died aged ... from Nazi Germany’s Luftwaffe. British wartime prime ...