Japanese freighter at Truk, Caroline Islands being hit by a Mark XIII aerial torpedo dropped from a US Navy squadron VT-10 Avenger aircraft, 17 Feb 1944; note one very erratic torpedo ending with the torpedo broaching

Encyclopedia Britannica - (...) "The FW 190 was the outstanding air-to-air fighter of the mid-war period. It established a clear ascendancy over opposing Allied fighters that lasted until the Spitfire IX restored parity in July 1942" (...)

Destroyer Escort

Grumman F4F

82 years ago today, Grumman F6F-3 "Hellcat" fighters land on the USS Enterprise after strikes on the Japanese base at Truk in the Caroline Islands. ✈️ Doug on the colorization 🎨

The wing armament of the German Focke-Wulf Fw.190A-5/U-12 fighter. Pictured is a 20mm MG 151 cannon mounted in the wing root, and a WB151A pod with a pair of MG 151 cannons mounted under the wing. The aircraft's full armament consisted of two machine guns and six cannons. 1943

Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver with Bombing Squadron VB-80 returning to the USS Hancock after flying close ground support strikes in support of the Marines landing on Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945.

1944 Republic P-47D Thunderbolt MX-E 82 FS 78 FG 8 AF. Art by John Amendola

1944 Down And Out - James Dietz

A German Heinkel He-219A-1 night fighter from NJG1 at Münster-Hahndorf airfield. The fighter is equipped with a FuG-220d radar. A Junkers Ju-87 dive bomber is visible in the background. Winter 1944-1945

Today in 1944, the Allies begin a six-day bomber blitz against German aircraft production that also seeks to lure the Luftwaffe into a decisive showdown. 400 Allied planes & 2,000 aircrew are lost. Germany loses 250 planes. Despite the cost, 'The Big Week' is deemed a success

The other day I got some "flak" from readers when I meant the Swordfish was outdated, with they arguing it sunk the Bismark and did a great role in Taranto. Well, that is all truth, but that was more to the crew´s skills than the aircraft itself: it was a slow biplane, still with

View behind the pilot as a Messerschmitt Bf 110 strafes a lighthouse on the Eastern Front in 1941

21 February 1920. Birth of Robert Samuel Johnson (d. 27 December 1998). American USAAF fighter pilot during World War II credited with 27 victories while flying a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.

de Havilland Mosquito T Mk III TV959

Prototype Fairey Barracuda.

Short Stirlings of 149 Squadron, Mildenhall, Suffolk, January 1942

A pair of Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless carrier-based dive bombers return to the USS Yorktown after a raid on Wake Island. October 5, 1943

G4M1 bomber of Japanese Navy 4th Air Group commander Lieutenant Masayoshi Nakagawa, moments before crashing into sea during attack on USS Lexington off Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 20 Feb 1942.

#OTD in 1942, Lt. Butch O'Hare became an ace when he was credited for shooting down five bombers attacking USS Lexington. Butch was killed in action in 1943. Chicago's O'Hare International Airport is named in his honor.