RapidFireWeb Short Seamew (IWM Photo, A33305) A Short Seamew AS.1 anti-submarine aircraft lands aboard the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Bulwark (R08) during trials, 15 July 1955. The Short SB.6 Seamew was a British aircraft designed in 1951 by David Keith-Lucas of Shorts as a lightweight anti-submarine platform to replace the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA)’s … Read more
Airspeed Horsa, GAL Hamilcar, GAL Hotspur, Slingsby and WACO Hadrian gliders The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document Warplanes from the Second World War preserved in the United Kingdom. Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these aircraft to provide and update the data on this website. Photos are by … Read more
Supermarine Spiteful (RAF Photo) Supermarine Spiteful (Serial No. RB515) illustrates the larger Spiteful tail that was later applied to the Spitfire F.22 and F.24. The tail improved the Spiteful’s handling, but the aircraft’s stall was still violent compared to the Spitfire’s. The Supermarine Spiteful was a British Rolls-Royce Griffon-engined fighter aircraft designed by Supermarine to Air … Read more
Short Sunderland (RuthAS Photo, 1977) (Hugh Llewelyn Photo) (Alan Wilson Photo) (Mike Freer – Touchdown-aviation Photo) (The Land Photos) (Nick-D Photo) (Les Chatfield Photo) Short Sunderland (Serial No. ML824), Royal Air Force Museum London, Hendon.
Supermarine Seafire (IWM Photo, A 14249) Supermarine Seafire Mk. IIc, No. 885 Naval Air Squadron warming up on the flight deck of HMS Formidable,in the Mediterranean, 1 December 1942. The Supermarine Seafire is a naval version of the Supermarine Spitfire adapted for operation from aircraft carriers. It was analogous in concept to the Hawker Sea Hurricane, … Read more
North American Harvard (Alan Wilson Photo) North American Harvard Mk. II, RCAF (Serial No. 3091), c/n 81-4013, AF-091, Reg. No. G-CPPM, Bruntingthorpe. (Alan Wilson Photos) Noordyn Harvard Mk. IbI, USAAC (Serial No. 42-892), c/n 14-429, built by Noorduyn Aviation in Montreal, Quebec in 1942. Allocated RAF (Serial No. FE695), BCATP, Mo. 94. Harvard FE695 was … Read more
Miles M.398 Libellula (RAF Photo) The brainchild of British aviation engineer and designer Frederick George Miles, the Libellula was conceived as a carrier-based fighter and bomber, capable of assisting the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. The Miles M.39B Libellula (from Libellulidae, a taxonomic family of dragonflies) was a Second World War tandem wing experimental aircraft built … Read more
Supermarine Seafang (BAE Photo) Supermarine Seafang prototype (Serial No. RB520) The Supermarine Seafang was a British Rolls-Royce Griffon–engined fighter aircraft designed by Supermarine to Air Ministry specification N.5/45 for naval use. It was based on the Spiteful, which was a development of Supermarine’s Griffon-engined Spitfire aircraft. By that time the Spitfire was a 10-year-old design in … Read more
Hawker Typhoon and Hawker Tempest (RAF Photo) Hawker Typhoon (Serial No. EK497), early rocket armed version. (RAF Photo) Hawker Typhoons of No. 56 Squadron, RAF, 1944. (IWM Photo, CH 9289) Hawker Typhoon Mk. IB (Serial No.R8884), coded HF-L, No. 183 Squadron RAF, with Flight Lieutenant Walter Dring,commander of B Flight, in a dispersal at Gatwick, Sussex, UK, … Read more
Supermarine Attacker (RN Photo) Supermarine Attacker, July 1950. The Supermarine Attacker is a British single-seat naval jet fighter designed and produced by aircraft manufacturer Supermarine for the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm (FAA). It was the first jet fighter to enter operational service with the FAA. In order to rapidly introduce jet aircraft to Navy service, … Read more
