The Second World War was a period of rapid technological development and experimentation. None more so than in the area of ...

The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era American military aircraft ranges from propeller-driven trainers, fighters, flying boats, and bombers to the nation’s first generation of jet-powered ...

On April 11, 1945, a Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball during the ...

A LOST Second World War bomber shot down by the Nazis with a British airman aboard has been found after 82 years. Leslie Norman Row, from Gravesend, Kent, was flying a mission over the ...

During the 2nd World War anti-aircraft shells were made in their millions. This shell was made specifically for the Bofors light ack-ack (40mm) gun which was designed in Sweden and used by both sides.

In 1944 alone, the United States built more planes than the Japanese did from 1939 to 1945. By the end of the war, more than half of all industrial production in the world would take place in the ...

Crookston Castle in Glasgow was built in the 1400s . During World War 2, the north-eastern tower was used as an aircraft watch tower. The high tower gave guards a better view to look out for ...

The Pentagon extended the deployment of the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier strike group and ordered a second flotilla ...