When the P-51 Mustang Appeared Over Berlin, the Luftwaffe Knew the War Was Lost On October 14, 1943, over Schweinfurt, Germany, the Luftwaffe ruled the skies. American B-17 Flying Fortresses were being destroyed at a catastrophic rate. German fighter pilots called it a turkey shoot. For the United States Army Air Forces, it became Black Thursday, the darkest day in the history of the Eighth Air Force. At that moment, German pilots believed the war in the air was already won. They were wrong. Jus

Hitler’s Flea: The Tiny Fighter With A 600 MPH Top Speed. The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet stands as one of the most radical and dangerous aircraft designs of World War II. Eric “Winkle” Brown investigates the terrifying engineering behind the world's first operational rocket-powered fighter. #aviationdaily #luftwaffe #ericwinklebrown #wwii #colorizedhistory | Aviation And History