The Messerschmitt Bf 110 was designed to be Germany’s powerful long-range “destroyer” fighter, capable of escorting bombers and dominating enemy aircraft. But during the Battle of Britain, reality ...

In the mid-1930s, Nazi Germany had a problem. Its twin-engined medium bombers, such as the Heinkel 111, had a range of perhaps 1,500 miles. However, the Luftwaffe’s single-engined fighter plane, the ...

Ever since the Lilienthal brothers bird-like gliders of the 19th Century, the nation of Germany has contributed a great deal to aviation. From rocket fighters to pulse-jets and even airships over ...

That the heavy fighters were called zerstorer (destroyers) was emblematic of the confidence the Germans placed in their heavy fighters. They were considered the elite of the Luftwaffe arm, and they ...

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