When it comes to military aircraft, size matters. Large planes bring immense strategic advantages, carrying more cargo, more ...

The World War II era saw the ... it went on to prove its value in aerial combat above Stalingrad by eliminating the Junkers Ju 52 transport planes attempting to resupply the besieged German ...

The Yakovlev Yak-9 was the most-produced Soviet fighter aircraft in WWII, with an estimated 16,769 units built. Powered by a 1,650 horsepower engine, the Yak-9 had a top speed of 374 mph and was ...

Police say a German World War II-era transport plane which crashed in the Swiss Alps, killing all 20 people on board, was seen nose-diving into the ground.

Three C-47 transport planes, a workhorse of World War II, dropped three long strings of jumpers, their round chutes mushrooming open in the blue skies with puffy white clouds.

He took the BBC's Transport Correspondent Richard Westcott for a ride. Subsection. UK. Published. 20 August 2014. ... 00:02:38 Flying a vintage WW2 German plane. Subsection. UK. Published. 20 ...