History buffs know the image well: a score of U.S. fighter planes sporting the now-iconic black and white stripes across their wings soaring over Normandy as the Allies mounted one of the most ...

P-61 Black Widow – Could This Be the Best Fighter of World War II? – As the U.S. military’s first operational warplane designed as a night fighter, the Northrop P-61 Black Widow is ...

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 ...

P-61 Black Widow: America’s First Radar Night-Fighter That Changed WWII. Though only 706 Northrop P-61 Black Widows were produced, and it only saw service in the final year of the Second World ...

White survived and returned to Canton a hero among the many who sacrificed years of their lives to service during World War II. Since February is Black History Month, and in light of the Air Force ...

Wings of War: The World War II Fighter Plane That Saved the Allies and the Believers Who Made It Fly David Fairbank White and Margaret Stanback White. Dutton Caliber, $29 (336p) ISBN 978-1-5247-4632-2 ...

Their target is the wreckage of a World War II-era fighter plane flown by a member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen that crashed during training nearly 80 years ago near Port Huron, about 60 miles (96 ...

The B-17, an immense four-engine bomber, was a cornerstone of U.S. air power during World War II. The Kingcobra, a U.S. fighter plane, was used mostly by Soviet forces during the war.

History buffs know the image well: a score of U.S. fighter planes sporting the now-iconic black and white stripes across their wings soaring over Normandy as the Allies mounted one of the most ...