Aerial ramming or air ramming is the ramming of one aircraft with another. It is a last-ditch tactic in air combat, sometimes used when all else has failed...

The Zeppelin Rammer (German: Rammjäger) was a design proposal by Luftschiffbau Zeppelin intended to use aerial ramming against the allied bombers attacking...

Zelenko actually committed an aerial ramming, pointing out major discrepancies in the accounts describing her alleged ramming. Her first nomination for the...

a hard object and enhance the momentum of the impact significantly. Aerial ramming – In military aviation, deliberately causing a mid-air collision to...

World War II and a Hero of the Soviet Union, among the first to perform aerial ramming at night. Talalikhin became a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Forces...

flying ace who credited with three aerial ramming attacks; he remains the only person to have executed two rammings in one flight. He was killed in action...

not been awarded the Hero title for the confirmed hit to this day. Aerial ramming "ВОЕННАЯ ЛИТЕРАТУРА --[ Мемуары ]-- Скрипко Н.С. По целям ближним и...

came to be teased by several of his fellow pilots for ramming his plane upwards instead of ramming downward and smashing only the landing gear of the plane...

down heavy bombers by ramming them in mid-air. Its sole mission took place on 7 April 1945, when a force of 180 Bf 109s managed to ram 15 Allied bombers,...

World War II credited with 5 aerial victories. He gained fame when he managed to bring down an enemy bomber by ramming its tail, on 2 November 1940....

includes people with the given name and surname Taran, Russian term for aerial ramming in wartime A Welsh god, associated with the Gaulish Taranis Rutilus...

War II carrier pilot awarded the Navy Cross "for both dive bombing and aerial combat." He left Flying Squadron 10 in May 1943 and returned to the United...

recorded ramming a Russian drone of the same model, resulting in the latter crashing towards the surface below. Another instance of this aerial ramming tactic...

one by ramming. It is thought that during his service with 1./NJG 10 and 10./JG 300, Welter recorded 12 victories in only 18 missions. The ramming incident...

1944 for his initial victories, he totaled over 20 solo aerial victories including an aerial ramming during the war, although the exact tally is subject to...

of Yekaterina Zelenko, the only woman to credited with conducting an aerial ramming. Katyusha is a member of the Flora family, one of the largest groups...

Also gained aerial victories in the battle for Khalkhin Gol Andrey Borovykh 46 29 17 — Vladimir Serov 45 39 6 Including one aerial ramming. Vladimir Lavrinenkov...

the Red Star in 1941 and Orders of the Red Banner in 1940 and 1942. Aerial ramming Kamikaze Nikolai Gastello Ismailbek Taranchiev Bocharov, Anton. "Шалимов...

first aerial victory, shooting down a PZL.23 while piloting a MiG-3. He continued to tally more aerial victories, including the aerial ramming of a Bf...

while ramming an enemy bomber. According to Ehrler's final received transmission, he radioed "Theo, I've just used all my ammunition. I'm going to ram. Good...

reportedly saved Buckingham Palace from being hit by German bombing by ramming his Hawker Hurricane into a Dornier Do 17 bomber over London. He was feted...

Ivan Vasilyevich Fyodorov (Russian: Иван Васильевич Фёдоров; 21 September 1920 — 28 August 2000) was one of the top Soviet fighter pilots during World...

Nikolai Petrovich Ignatev (Russian: Николай Петрович Игнатьев; 16 December 1917 — 4 August 1994) was a Soviet fighter pilot during World War II. Awarded...

After the guns of Graffer's aircraft jammed, he continued his action by ramming the enemy aircraft which, in attempting to return to its base, crashed...

to little avail, and in the end aircraft were used effectively in aerial ramming attacks. They were also used in kamikaze attacks, such as the attack...

in his honor in 1951. Nesterov was buried in Kiev, Russian Empire. His ramming method was used during the Second World War by a number of Soviet pilots...

Nikolai Semyonovich Artamonov (Russian: Николай Семёнович Артамонов; 21 May 1920 – 26 March 1945) was a Soviet fighter pilot who became a flying ace during...

effort. On 31 March 1915 Alexander Kazakov successfully repeated the aerial ramming attack first attempted by Pyotr Nesterov, using a Morane-Saulnier G...

concern the type of use of aviation armed forces. Aircraft marshalling Aerial ramming Bombing: specifically area bombing, carpet bombing and pattern bombing...

Marcel Pierre Marie Le Bihan (23 April 1916-15 June 1940) was a naval officer and naval aviator of the French Navy. He joined the Navy in April 1935 then...