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It Wasn’t the Engine That Did in the Westland Whirlwind — What Was It?

by Matt Bearman8/2/20238/2/2023

The twin-engine, single-seat Westland Whirlwind could have been a formidable fighter, but one overlooked modification changed everything.

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Was the Spitfire the Best-Looking Airplane of World War II?

by Paraag Shukla4/3/20234/3/2023

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These WWII British Bombs Were So Powerful They Were Named ‘Earthquake’

by Larry Porges3/17/20233/23/2023

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This Maori WWII Ace Lived and Died as a Hero

by Jon Guttman1/25/20231/26/2023

Building an English Electric Canberra

by Dick Smith1/20/20231/20/2023

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The Spiteful Was Better Than the Spitfire, But Even That Wasn’t Good Enough

by Robert Guttman 12/28/20221/7/2023

Spitfire Ace Colin Gray: High Flying Kiwi

by Jon Guttman9/8/20229/8/2022

Who Was America’s First World War II Ace?

by David Alan Johnson8/27/20228/29/2022

How Gustav the Pigeon Broke the First News of the D-Day Landings

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher4/5/20224/6/2024

Think It’s Easy to Destroy Tanks With Airplanes? Think Again

by A.D. Harvey3/16/20227/26/2022