When the P-51 Mustang Appeared Over Berlin, the Luftwaffe Knew the War Was Lost On October 14, 1943, over Schweinfurt, Germany, the Luftwaffe ruled the skies. American B-17 Flying Fortresses were being destroyed at a catastrophic rate. German fighter pilots called it a turkey shoot. For the United States Army Air Forces, it became Black Thursday, the darkest day in the history of the Eighth Air Force. At that moment, German pilots believed the war in the air was already won. They were wrong. Jus

What really happened to the Luftwaffe after World War II? When Germany surrendered in May 1945, thousands of fighter planes, bombers, jets, and prototypes were scattered across Europe—silent, abandoned, and waiting to be discovered. What followed was one of the most intense post-war technology hunts in history. In this video, we uncover the untold fate of the Luftwaffe’s aircraft after WW2: 🇺🇸 Operation LUSTY – How the U.S. captured the Me 262, Arado jets, blueprints, and top-secret technology