An American born pilot flew obsolete aircraft against modern Japanese fighters during the earliest phase of WW2 in China. Despite overwhelming odds, he became the first American flying ace of the war.

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 ...

It is the most numerous military aircraft ever produced and the second largest number of all types, including civil, ...