Aviation of World War 2

P-51D/K Mustangs Over the Third Reich

On 14th January 1945 the weather over the continent was unusual for the time of year: CAVU (ceiling and visibility unlimited).

Messerschmitt Bf 109 T the Luftwaffe’s Naval Fighter

The ‘weather frog’1 had forecast that weather conditions would improve.

P-51B/C Mustangs Over The Third Reich

On 6th March 1944 the day dawned murky and cloudy. It was hardly a surprise for this season of the year in England.

Hispano Aviación HA-1112

Dear reader, in this text we will try to remember the fabulous history of Messerschmitt Bf 109s made in Spain, which gave rise to two models of aircraft such as HA-1109 and HA-1112, with its consequent subvariants.

Gloster Gladiator Mk I and II

Contact! There they were, a curiously lopsided Squadriglia of seven Breda Ba.65 fighter-bombers, their characteristic sand and spinach camouflage patterns only partially obscuring their cruciform outline against the wide expanse of golden desert below.

Dornier Do 22

The Dorniers trace their origins to a French family from the department of Isere.

Mirage III IAI Nesher/Dagger

Israel Aircraft Industries manufactured more than fifty of Mirage 5, within the Israele Defence Force/Air Force were known as Nesher; after an outstanding performance in the Yom Kippur War, most were sold to Argentina in the late 70s.

PZL P.24 A-G

Although built in fewer numbers than the PZL P.11, the PZL P.24 was for a period during the 1930's the fastest and most heavily armed single-seat fighter in the world. Having acquired early notoriety at the Paris Salon with their innovative wing design, the P.24 represented the ultimate development of the family of fighter planes designed by Zygmunt Pulawski and saw service in the air forces of four countries: Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Turkey.

Junkers Ju 88 Vol. 3

In early 1940 at Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke A.G. wide-range preparations for series production of the new version of the Junkers Ju 88 bomber, designated A-4, which was the most produced bomber version of this aircraft began.