Leonard Rochford, a self-trained WWI flying ace, scored 29 victories and later served in WWII, rising through RAF ranks with ...

Click to open image viewer. The Sopwith Camel is among the most significant and famous of all WWI aircraft. Camels downed 1,294 enemy aircraft, more than any other Allied fighter in WWI. The cowling ...

The Sopwith Camel entered operational service in July 1917, and downed 1,294 enemy aircraft, more than any other Allied fighter in World War I. Arango, in 2014, in a reproduction Sopwith Camel, in ...

SEATTLE - A priceless piece of history has come in for a landing at the Museum of Flight's Personal Courage exhibit. "We have been searching for this artifact for almost 100 years," said curator Dan ...

1847 - An Army-Navy force begins the siege of Veracruz, Mexico. Approximately 12,000 U.S. troops land on the beaches, along with their horses, mules, artillery, and supplies. Veracruz surrenders March ...

Britain last week showed off a delta-wing plane, the Gloster Javelin, which its builder thinks is the fastest, longest-range, all-weather day & night fighter ever built. Nobody needed to guess who the ...