In “Spitfires” by Becky Aikman, the saga of wartime American women pilots comes vividly to life.

The program to train World War II British pilots was launched in 1941 under the provisions of the Lend-Lease Act.

Banned from flying in the U.S., these 25 American women headed to Britain to help ferry military aircraft—and fascinated the public with their free-wheeling lives. The women Of Air Transport ...

Between June and October 1940, the Royal Air Force (RAF) fought off an invasion attempt from the German Air Force (Luftwaffe ... by women. You might be surprised to learn that not all pilots ...

On just her second sortie in April 1942, she proved her worth, downing a Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 88 bomber and a Messerschmitt Bf109 fighter, thus becoming the first female pilot to shoot down an ...

But the United States military would not accept women as pilots. But they heard that Great Britain would allow women to fly, and they went to Montreal to do a flight test. 25 of them passed.

Explore the forgotten heroes of the Soviet Air Force who turned the tide of WWII from the skies above Moscow to the fields of ...