When you think of the Luftwaffe during World War II, you think of the Messerschmitt Bf-109 and not much else. Sure, the Fw-190 is a wonderful second fiddle, but the 109 drove fear into the hearts of ...

A Messerschmitt Bf-109 G-6 in for work at Midwest Aero Restorations at the Vermilion Regional Airport in Danville on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. The company specializes in WWII fighter airplane ...

Few machines have as much shared history as the Spitfire and Messerschmitt fighter aeroplanes. Now, more than 80 years after ...

Keegan Chetwynd walked through the museum hangar doors Monday toward what is perhaps America’s most legendary fighter plane. He looped around the tail, strolling up the portside, stopping underneath ...

Messerschmitt Me 309 – Development & Politics by Dan Sharp & Calum Douglas, reviewed by Joe May, available on Amazon. When I first saw the pre-publication announcement for Messerschmitt 309, I was ...

Over the course of World War II, the Nazis invented a lot of different weapons to get an upper hand. Some fundamentally changed combat forever, like the V2 rocket, the first operational ballistic ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In 1939, Alexander Lippisch joined ...

In the nomenclature of World War II, few names are more widely known now than Messerschmitt. It stands for lethal speed in the air by Nazi pursuit ships. Willy Messerschmitt,* 41, is a sharp-nosed, ...