Grupul 3° Picaj, Corpul 1° Aerian, Cioara, Dolcesti, Romania August 1944; under orders of Luftwaffe, Luftflotte Kommando 4 with commands in Debrecen, Hungary. 6th Fighter Group. 7th Fighter Group. 8th Fighter Group (1941–1943). 9th Fighter Group. 5th Bomber…
FM159), F2-T, is named in honour of Canadian born, Ian W. Bazalgette, VC, 635 Squadron. Museum centre-piece. National Bomber Command Air Museum, Nanton, Alberta. (Tony Hisgett Photo). (Joanna Poe Photo). (National Bomber Command Museum Photo).…
Britain had not yet developed a synchronisation gear to match the German system and this had compelled British fighters to adopt the pusher configuration, such as the DH.2 and the F.E.2b.…
The Hawker Demon was a fighter variant of the Hart light bomber.…
The Hawker Tempest was a British fighter aircraft primarily used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the Second World War.…
Canadian Warplanes 1: Bristol F.2B Fighter. Bristol F.2B Fighter. (City of Vancouver Archives Photo, AM54-S4-: Gr War P11.2). Bristol F.2B Fighter with Captain H.P. Sales and Lieutenant W.H. Welsh near San Quentin, France, ca 1918.…
Although it began as a small organization in 1941, the ZNDH was still providing a measure of air-support in the form of fighter, attack and transport aircraft and aircrews until the last days of the Second World War in Europe.…
Canadian Warplanes 1: Nieuport 11 Bébé, Nieuport 12 and Nieuport 17 fighters. Nieuport 11. Bébé. , Nieuport 12 and Nieuport 17 fighters. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3390834). Nieuport 11.…
North American F-86A Sabre fighters, 190th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, 124th Fighter Interceptor Wing, Idaho Air National Guard, ca 1956. (USAF Photo).…
The North American F-86 Sabre, sometimes called the Sabrejet, is a transonic jet fighter aircraft.…
The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt is a Second World War-era fighter aircraft produced by the American aerospace company Republic Aviation from 1941 through 1945.…
For a brief period in 1940, every available Hawker Hurricane fighter in Canada had been sent overseas to fight in the Battle of Britain. This situation left the RCAF without a modern fighter aircraft at home in Canada.…
The Boulton P.82 Paul Defiant was designed and built as a "turret fighter", without any forward-firing guns.…
I (Wk Nr. 45829), British/Latvian biplane fighter. (Luftwaffe Photos). Hawker Hurricane captured British fighters in Luftwaffe markings. (Luftwaffe Photo). Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik, captured Russian fighter-bomber. (Luftwaffe Photo).…
Canadian Warplanes 6: Canadair CF-116 Freedom Fighter. Canadair CF-116 Freedom Fighter. (CAF Photo via Mike Kaehler).…
The Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe was a British single-seat biplane fighter of the Royal Air Force (RAF).…
These fighters were armed with four 20-mm cannons in the wings (two in each wing) and the RAF designated them "Mustang Mk IA."…
Each Orlyak had a fighter, a line bomber and two reconnaissance Yatos (Squadrons). There was also an Independent Aviation corps, which combined the 5th Bomber and 6th Fighter Regiments.…
The Boeing 707-347C aircraft provided long range passenger transport for the military, VIP transport for government and air-to-air refueling for fighters such as the CF-116 Freedom Fighter and CF-18 Hornet.…
The Boulton P.82 Paul Defiant was designed and built as a "turret fighter", without any forward-firing guns.…
Misidentified as a B.E.2c fighter flown by a Canadian who had destroyed a German airship, it was sent to Canada as a war trophy in 1919.…
It was originally conceived as a heavy fighter variant of the Bristol Beaufort bomber.…
Soviet fighters were usually superior in firepower, speed and agility, and were to be avoided unless the enemy was in a disadvantageous position.…
Lockheed P-38L Lightning (Serial No. 44-27231), "Scat III. ", previously "Ruff Stuff", based at Fagen Fighters WWII Museum in Granite Falls, Minnesota. Airworthy. Lockheed P-38L Lightning (Serial No. 44-53095), ".…
The Fairey Fulmar was a British carrier-borne reconnaissance and fighter aircraft. It was named after the northern fulmar, a seabird native to the UK. The Fulmar served with the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA) during the Second World War.…
The Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8 was a British single-seat fighter of the First World War designed at the Royal Aircraft Factory. It could not escape the drag penalty imposed by its tail structure and was no match for the Albatros fighters of late 1916.…
Pokryshkin scored 47 of his 59 victories in P-39s, making him the highest scoring P-39 fighter pilot of any nation, and the highest scoring Allied fighter pilot using an American-built fighter.…
G-FGID, The Fighter Collection. , Duxford, Cambridgeshire. This Corsair served in the US Navy between 1945 and 1959; this included wartime service in Guam and the Philippines.…
Among the U.S. fighter aircraft that caught the Commission’s attention was the Brewster. The remaining 32 B-339 aircraft ordered by the Belgians, suspended at the fall of France, were passed on to the United Kingdom.…
Scout was the first of a series of highly successful biplane fighter aircraft produced by the. Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés. (SPAD) during the First World War.…
As the war progressed, Sweden developed its own aircraft designs, including the SAAB J-21A pusher fighter in 1945 which was later modified to the J-21R jet fighter; and the FFVS J-22 monoplane fighter in 1945.…
Its 1942–1953 production run was the longest of any American piston-engined fighter.…
Avia B-534 biplane fighter, Aviation Museum Košice. Slovakia (Tiso regime). The Slovak Republic under President Josef Tiso signed the Tripartite Pact on November 24, 1940.…
The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground-attack aircraft that first flew in 1938.…
After the fall of France twelve VG,33s were confiscated by the Luftwaffe, perhaps for fighter training. Arsenal Sud Restauration (ASR) is rebuilding a VG.33 fighter at Vinon-sur-Verdun airfield in southeastern France.…
Single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber. An order for 400 Mk.…
The Bell P-39 Airacobra was a fighter produced by Bell Aircraft for the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. It was one of the principal American fighters in service when the United States entered combat.…
Over 6,050 infantry, predominantly Canadian, supported by a regiment of tanks, were put ashore from a naval force operating under protection of RAF fighters.…
Focke-Wulf Fw 159, fighter (prototype). (airwar.ru Photo). Focke-Wulf Ta 183, wind tunnel model. Focke-Wulf Fw 186, reconnaissance autogyro (prototype). (Luftwaffe Photos). Focke-Wulf Fw 187. Falke. heavy fighter (prototype) in Luftwaffe service.…
No. 2 (Fighter) Wing was formed at Grostenquin, France. It relinquished its specialized fighter Designation on 1 Mar 1963. It was disbanded on 1 Aug 1964. 01 Nov 1952. No. 414 (Fighter) Squadron was re-formed at Bagotville, Quebec.…
Mitsubishi Ki-46-II Army Type 100 Air Defence Fighter (Serial No. 2846), codenamed "Dinah". (IJAAF Photos). Mitsubishi Ki-46-II Army Type 100 Air Defence Fighter (Serial No. 2846), codenamed "Dinah", green cross surrender markings. (IJAAF Photos).…
Panther. jet fighter (BuNo 126204) from Fighter Squadron 111 (VF-111) "Sundowners" in flight over mountainous Korean terrain, 14 June 1953.…
The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter force continued to take a toll of the Fighter Command squadrons, No. 401 Squadron being no exception. On 28 April P/O J. A. Ferguson: (POW) and P/O G. B.…
For a brief period in 1940, every available Hawker Hurricane fighter in Canada had been sent overseas to fight in the Battle of Britain. This situation left the RCAF without a modern fighter aircraft at home in Canada.…
It was a multi-role aircraft, being flown as a day fighter, fighter-bomber, ground attack aircraft and in some cases as a night fighter.…
North American P-51H-10-NA Mustang (Serial No. 44-64255), 194th Fighter Squadron, California Air National Guard, 17 Feb 1952. (Bill Larkins Photo).…
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a German World War II fighter aircraft that was, along with the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter force. The Bf 109 first saw operational service in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War.…
Republic F-84F Thunderstreaks from the 163rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, ca 1967 in Vietnam War camouflage. (Bill Larkins Photo). Republic F-84F35-RE Thunderstreak (Serial No. 52-6433), 163rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, 1959. (USAF Photo).…
Selected as one of six home fighter units for service overseas, it was redesignated No. 440 (Fighter Bomber) Squadron at Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland on 8 Feb 1944. The squadron flew Hawker Hurricane Mk. IV and Hawker Typhoon Mk.…
It was followed by 17 more in the next ten months, these being: No. 404 (Coastal Fighter) 15 Apr. No. 405 (Bomber) 23 Apr. No. 407 (Coastal) 8 May. No. 406 (Night Fighter) 10 May. No. 411 (Fighter) 16 Jun. No. 409 (Night Fighter) 17 Jun.…
Dornier Do 217N-1 night-fighter coded SO+QY, captured by the USAAF in May 1945. (USAAF Photo). Dornier Do 217M-9, (Wk. Nr. 0040), KF+JN, captured at Flensberg.…
North American F-51D-25-NA Mustang (Serial No. 44-63746), 188th Fighter Squadron, New Mexico Air National Guard, 1947. (USAF Photo). North American F-51D-25-NA Mustang fighters from the 188th Fighter Squadron, New Mexico Air National Guard in flight.…
No. 1 (F) Squadron RCAF was formed as a fighter unit at Trenton, Ontario on 21 Sep 1937 with Armstrong Whitworth Siskin fighters. The squadron was formed from the Fighter Flight of No. 3 (Bomber) Squadron.…
Canadian Warplanes: Biplane Era Fighters, Bombers and Patrol Aircraft. This is a quick general reference to identify and briefly describe military biplane fighters, bombers and patrol aircraft flown by Canadians during the First World War. buy on amazon.…
Northrop YP-61-NO Black Widow (Serial No. 41-18882), 348th Night Fighter Squadron , 1943. (USAAF Photo). Northrop YP-61-NO Black Widow (Serial No. 41-1887), 420th Night Fighter Squadron, 1943. (USGOV-PD Photo).…
The He 219 was a relatively sophisticated design, and possessed a variety of innovations, including Lichtenstein SN-2 advanced VHF-band intercept radar, also used on the night fighters.…
“This distinguished fighter pilot has flown nearly 900 operational hours in single-engined fighters.…
Heinkel HD 37 fighter biplane (used only by Soviets). (SDA&SM Photo). Heinkel HD 38 fighter biplane/floatplane. (SDA&SM Photo). Heinkel HD 43 fighter biplane (prototype). (SDA&SM Photo). Heinkel He 45, bomber/trainer in Spain, ca 1939. (Luftwaffe Photo).…
Considered one of the best and most important fighter aircraft in that war, the F-86 is also rated highly in comparison with fighters of other eras.…
The 131st Fighter Squadron was allotted to the Massachusetts Air National Guard, on 24 May 1946. (USAF Photo). Republic F-47N-20-RE Thunderbolt (Serial No. 44-89123), 101st Fighter Squadron, Massachusetts Air National Guard. ca 1948. (USAF Photo).…