The Hurricane had another key advantage: it was simply a very rugged aircraft. Of course, the aircraft was quite dangerous if it ever caught fire—its frame was wooden. And the gravity fuel tank was ...

Air power may have proved lethally effective during the First World War, but the technology was still in its infancy. By 1939, however, European air forces as well as North American and Asian powers ...

Discover the intense struggle for control of Malta during World War II in this detailed account of the Axis powers'[...] ...