During the years of the Second World War, the name Messerschmitt was dreaded by the enemies of Germany. The Nazi-made Bf 109 0r Me 262 for instance became either the bulk of the Luftwaffe in the case ...

The Military Aviation Museum, located in Pungo, Virginia, is set to host an event celebrating the return to flight of its Messerschmitt Me 262, the world's first operational jet-powered fighter.

WHEN Will Messerschmitt was forced to stop making Nazi planes at the end of World War II he turned to making quirky little three-wheeled cars. In the wake of the war there was a ban placed on Germans ...

In summer 1944, the Nazis debuted one of the many advanced weapons they devised during World War II: the Messerschmitt Me 262. The Me 262 was the first operational fighter jet in history, and while it ...

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 ...

Explore the most technologically advanced plane of WWII, the Messerschmitt Me262 jet. Explore the most technologically advanced plane of World War II, the Messerschmitt Me262, a fighter jet that ...

In July 1942 a German Messerschmitt took off from Leipheim airfield in Bavaria…but it was no ordinary aircraft… It was an Me 262 - the world’s first operational jet fighter. Powered by two Junker Jumo ...

Seventy-five years ago The Courier-Mail reported that Queensland Spitfire pilots had “again been in the forefront of the battle against German jet planes over Europe’’. The Queenslanders were going up ...

Die amerikanischen Bomberpiloten wollten im Zweiten Weltkrieg ihren Augen nicht trauen, was da an ihnen vorbeisauste: Flugzeuge, locker 200 Kilometer in der Stunde schneller als ihre "Mustang"-Jäger - ...

As Nazi Germany made its last desperate attempts to continue its reign of terror in Europe, brave Queensland airmen risked their lives shooting down a weapon that ...