They weren’t weak, they were minimaxed for attack. IJN Shokaku The Japanese carriers were designed with one task in mind only: destroy the enemy before they can hit back. They carried the largest possible airwing, with the largest supply of fuel and…
Hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life, especially at night. I have over 800 carrier landings, with over 300 of those at night. The day landing became somewhat easier, but the very last night landing I ever did was still white-knuckle hard. (I’ve h…
Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant ("Giant"), used to try and keep Rommel’s Africa Korps supplied in Tunisia, a “hemorrhage” that ended up being about as disastrous to Germany as Stalingrad in lost men, supplies and equipment. The Me 323 was “the…
Called the Washington B-1 by the RAF it was never well-liked by the RAF. These bombers we not made for the RAF but rather were in-service USAF B-29s that were handed over to the RAF which received 87 of them. To the RAF their B-29s were merely a sto…
Surprisingly, Germany did actually have an aircraft carrier during WWII. A photo of the Graf Zeppelin taken in 1941. Graf Zeppelin was never fully completed, but it did exist. It had been laid down in late 1936, and launched in 1938. It was intended…
