The United States created many famous and formidable warplanes in the second world war. These included the B-17 Flying Fortress, P-47 Thunderbolt, B-29 Superfortress and Corsair. While hardly obscure, ...

Consolidated's most famous aircraft in World War II were the B-24 Liberator and the PBY Catalina patrol plane. However, Consolidated often lacked the capacity to fulfill its massive contracts and was ...

The gathering of aerial intelligence by a snooping aircraft during wartime is a perilous mission. The 'spy’ (or, more correctly, reconnaissance) aircraft must survive enemy fighters and anti-aircraft ...