Aircrafts

A Romanian IAR-81C aircraft being inspected by Soviet personnel after a crash, sometime between 1942 and 1944. The IAR-81C was an upgrade on Romania’s main WW2 fighter, IAR 80. The IAR 80 first flew in 1939, and at the time it was comparable in performance with similar aircrafts of more …

A shattered Japanese Kawanishi H8K seaplane is watched by US soldiers after strafing (attacking ground targets with automatic weapons), likely on the Kwajalein Atoll of the Marshall Islands in early 1944. The Battle of Kwajalein, fought between January 31st and February 3rd 1944, saw the United States defeat a small …

Amazing photograph showing a British Lancaster bomber above colossal smoke screens set by the Germans, in an effort to hide the mighty Tirpitz battleship. September 15th 1944, Operation Paravane. The ship was stationed in Kafjord, Norway, to deter transports of goods or weaponry between the Western Allies and the Soviet …

A US Air Force B-24 Liberator heavy bomber during an attack over an oil refinery in Ploiesti, Romania, during Operation Tidle Wave. Operation Tidle Wave was a bombing raid by the United States on August 1st, 1943, targeting the oil fields of Romania around Ploiesti, which were key to the …

In the image we see the first Me 262 to be captured by the Allies, when the test pilot defected on March 31st, 1945. The aircraft was sent to the US for testing. The Messerschmitt Me 262, aka Me 262 Schwalbe or Stormbird, was introduced in the Luftwaffe during April …

A Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 52 transport aircraft in low flight over a horse pulled cart on the Eastern Front, in Northern Russia, 1943. It’s quite likely that supplies dropped by the plane were being loaded into the carriage for transport to the front. We can see bags in and around …