Aviation During World War II

These changes helped their flights last longer and were now able to be used as a way of transportation. By the year of 1908 they had signed a contract with the U.S. Army for production of the Wright plane. In 1918 the airmail service began and in 1920 the government established the first transcontinental airmail service, making a great impact in the nation. Another way in which planes have made an impact in history was in war, for example, World War 1. The military began using planes which were loaded with bombs. Planes were used to gather information, machine guns were put in the planes to have air combats. In the second war, World War II, Germany used powerful aircraft in their military strategy called blitzkrieg. Another devastating impact that was made with the use of airplanes was the attack on Pearl

Airplanes were in a similar position as tanks - the technology was really too new and immature for effective combat use. At best, the airplane provided better observation and reconnaissance ability than previously available, but, in a static trench-warfare setting (with the commonly poor European weather), the amount of benefit this provided is easy to overstate. Tactical and strategic bombing was non-existent; the airplane would have to wait for the wars of

Aircraft and the war materials are important to any war. The aircraft in the war was very different for each person. They had many different types of aircraft depending on their way of flying. Also the designed it based on how “dangerous” they felt they were. During the war there were over forty different versions of the very successful aircraft from Germany. They wouldn’t build them based on if they were better for fighting or if they were better for flying. They based them on how the person flying them wanted the aircraft to be. This caused problems for Germany. It is very time consuming for Germany. It took a long time to build each of the planes. Since they were all different they

In the books of history, World War II was the most widespread and by far the deadliest war ever recorded in history. According to “article by History.com” (2016), “the Second World War involved more than 30 countries in the world and was responsible for more than 50 million both military and civilian deaths”. (Para 1). The Second World War commenced by the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany lead by the famous Adolf Hitler and lasted for around six noxious years before both Germany and Japan were conquered in 1945. The battle in the World War II adopted various techniques during the war including the Navy, the Army and the Air Force. The major component however during the war was the air warfare that presented the major threats during the

Imagine that you are a pilot in World War II fighting for the Allies. You and your bomber squad are flying over enemy territory below, and are just at the point of pressing a button, which will unleash havoc on the ground below. This, was quite a common theme in World War II, as bombings from both the Axis and Ally side happened extremely often. The bomber plane was heavily changed in World War 2, and the journey of evolution that it has taken is truly fascinating.

Airplanes resulted in many unnecessary deaths, because of dogfights and being shot down from land. Majority of airmen died due to this and not being equipped with parachutes. Early war planes were used to locate artillery and troops, or as supply lines. The Germans were first to arm their planes with machine guns able to fire forward without damaging the propellers, followed by the Allies. War planes greatly effected battle, adding another dimension to an already deadly encounter resulting in a great number of

“World War One, was the first war to see air combat..” (“Farmer, Brian”). Airplanes were known to be a technological advancement in the first World War. “The air phase of World War 1 can best be understood by considering the basic elements of aerial combat: men, machines, and tactics. (“Farmer, Brian”). As new weapons, planes and technological advances were coming into play in the nineteen hundreds, so did the new aerial tactic known as the “attack mission.” “The attack mission came into play in nineteen seventeen, and nineteen eighteen.” (“Farmer,

Throughout World War II the US used airplanes in many different ways. Some were used to carry troops and supplies, some were used as bombers, and some were used to attack directly. The P-51 Mustang, the Boeing P-17 Flying Fortress, and the Martin B-26 Marauder are just a few examples of these. Even though each plane had a different job, they all came together to help win the war.

This Spitfire Diver was loaded with 8 7.7mm Browning machine guns in the wings but could be loaded with other guns too. This airplane was very fast with a speed of up to 369MPH. It had a V-12 Rolls Royce engine with 1,478 horsepower. This airplane had over 40 different types of models and had a total production of over 22,000 made. This airplane was mostly used to fight against German fighters. The British Spitfire would fly at about 36,500 feet up in the air and could fly for about 1,135 miles in one run. This airplane was a big help for British success against Nazi Germany. It had great maneuverability and also had great speed which was one of the key elements that made this such a powerful airplane. The Spitfire Diver was admired by its pilots for being such an easy airplane to maneuver which gave them a big advantage during fights in the

World War 2 was one of the worst wars of all time. In 1939, Adolf Hitler started a war because of his genocide of Jewish people. And, he was succeeding. No one could stop him. We needed something to change. If we didn’t stop something soon, Hitler would take over all of the Middle East and presume to take over the world. The US thankfully came up with a solution to this, they created an unstoppable force, the B-29 Superfortress Fighter Plane. The B-29 was the most destructive warplane ever to be invented. It was the fastest, most advanced plane of its time. The B-29 was used in World War Two and won the excruciating war for the Americans. The B-29 is even admired by people today. This is the plane that saved the world.

Aircraft have always played an important role when taking us to places otherwise inaccessible. Whether it be an airliner with passengers or military carrier, air travel results in faster, more efficient completion of task. The way we navigate the skies can make or break the success of business or military operations. However, there are some dangers that exist. Being thousands of feet up in the sky leaves us prone to catastrophic failure of a component or detection and engagement from defensive air and ground forces. Safety is a must and as a result, advanced technologies, shaped and inspired by renowned conflicts and events, such as “radar jamming systems”, were developed in order to insure the safety of those on the ground and in the sky.

German jets had many unique designs during World War II. These designs have fascinated many airplane designers since the end of the war. My purpose is not meant to praise the World War II Nazi Air Force, but to show how Germany developed these airplanes and how they used them. It was fortunate for the Allied powers of World War II and the world that the U.SA.F. Defeated the axis powers. If the allies had delayed entering the war a few more months, this would have allowed the Germans enough time to produce large amounts of these jet airplanes, and the outcome would certainly have been different or too close for comfort. German technology advances in modern warfare were more of a danger to the world that many would like to admit. We are very fortunate that Adolf Hitler made the mistakes he made in the design and production of these advanced airplanes. Adolf Hitler was responsible for making decisions that either slowed or stopped many of these jet projects. The airplanes Germany had before anyone else were faster than anything flying at the time. So why didn’t Germany and the Axis powers win the war if this was true? The answer is that Allied powers produced more of the B-24’s the B-17’s and also P-51 Mustangs by the tens of thousands. The Allies also dropped thousands of tons of bombs on German airplane factories, until they destroyed all of the Nazi manufacturing plants and destroyed the entire German air force, along

Even before the war, tethered observation balloons had been in use by the army in order to provide better vantage points, but this soon proved to be an insufficient source of information once the war began because the balloons were easily shot down. For this reason, commanders seeking advantage turned to aircraft. Eleven years had passed since the Wright brothers had invented and flown the first successful

All round WWI, fighter planes were used as an aerial attack against the opposition. Through the period of 4 years major developments had occurred to improve fighter planes. With fighter planes in WWI the main influence was to gain knowledge about the land of the enemy and see main features of land such as the enemies trenches. The fighter planes were first introduced in the war on April 1st 1915 by the Germans, followed by the British and French. Pilots of these planes threw grenades, bricks and hooks from the aircraft, but failed to succeed in harming the enemy effectively. The ideal solution was a small and light machine gun to shoot from the aircraft. Although this

The advancement of air technology during the early twentieth century, brought about by the initiation of World War One, has posed significant questions about the role and value of aeronautics in major world tragedies, such as the September 11 Attacks in New York City and Washington D.C., and the 1991 Air Campaign of the Gulf War: Does the continuous advancement of aeronautics serve as the true mastermind of such acts of savagery and tragedy? Is the advancement of aeronautics the culprit responsible for the deaths of the elderly, women, infants, and children? Aeronautics revolutionized World War One and set the stage for the occurrence of major global events throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.