On January 29, 1941, the Tupolev Tu-2 made its first flight, introducing a fast, hard-hitting Soviet frontline bomber that ...
The Yak-9 performed more anti-tank missions, in particular, the Yak-9T variant with a 37mm cannon, in this case the ...
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The Glass Bubble Bomber

It was September of 1943, and United States Army Air Forces servicemen were puzzled by the strange aircraft silhouette approaching the airfield at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. It had an airframe ...
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During World War II, the main route for supplies sent from the US and the UK to the USSR ran through the waters of the North Atlantic. The Junkers Ju-88 0881203 4N+EH bomber from Kampfgeschwader 26, ...
Middle East, North Africa. 27 May 1942. Four Nazi airmen marching between guards in a prisoner of war (POW) camp were the crew of a Junkers JU 88 bomber aircraft. They attempted to make a night raid ...
Remains of the Junkers Ju 88 aircraft found in Sicily. Credit: Elio Nicosia / Soprintendenza del Mare In a recent discovery that adds yet another piece to the complex mosaic of World War II in the ...