History Undercover Secret Aircraft of WWII 1 of 4: Secret Allied Aircraft

This History Channel series uncovers the aircraft that no one knew about. Using specially commissioned computer graphics, previously unseen archive footage and interviews with aviation experts, this series brings back to life the Secret Aircraft of the Second World War.

Secret Allied Aircraft of WWII

At the outset of World War II American and British military aircraft designs were woefully behind the more technologically superior German and Japanese planes. What closed the gap, however, was the genius and ingenuity of innovators on both sides of the Atlantic. For the Americans, it was a handful of visionaries and their teams. For the British, it was a creative and thoughtful spirit emanating from the top leadership on down. This hour presents the untold stories of the American and British cutting edge aircraft designs and solutions, some of which proved to be decades ahead of their time.