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.…
Warplanes of Japan: Kawanishi N1K2-Ja Shiden Kai fighter, National Museum of the USAF, Dayton, Ohio. Kawanishi N1K2-Ja Shiden Kai fighter. , National Museum of the USAF, Dayton, Ohio. (USAAF Photo). Kawanishi N1K. Shiden. , allied codename. George.…
The Nakajima Ki-27 (九七式戦闘機, Kyūnana-shiki sentōki, Type 97 Fighter) was the main fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service up until 1940.…
McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle fighters from the 110th Fighter Squadron, 131st Fighter Wing, Missouri Air National Guard, in flight over the “Gateway arch” monument, St. Louis, Missouri, 2008. (US Army Air Service Photo).…
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-51D Mustang fighters of the 159th Fighter Squadron, Florida Air National Guard, at Thomas Cole Imeson Airport, Jacksonville, Florida, ca 1947. (USAF Photo).…
North American F-51D-25-NA Mustang (Serial No. 44-73574) from the 167th Fighter Group, West Virginia Air National Guard. (USAF Photo). Republic F-47D Thunderbolt, 167th Fighter Squadron, West Virginia Air National Guard, ca 1948.…
The Nakajima A4N was a carrier-based fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Navy, and the last biplane designed by Nakajima. The first prototype was completed in 1934, but due to engine trouble, the aircraft did not see service until 1936.…
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…
Army Type 2 Two-Seat Fighter (code name Nick) in IJAAF service with the 53rd Hiko Sentai. The Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu (屠龍, "Dragonslayer") is a two-seat, twin-engine heavy fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.…
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).…
Warplanes of Italy: Regia Aeronautica, Caproni fighters and bombers. Regia Aeronautica Warplanes of the Second World War: Caproni fighters and bombers. (Alan Wilson Photo).…
The McDonnell XF-85 Goblin is an American prototype fighter aircraft conceived during World War II by McDonnell Aircraft. It was intended to deploy from the bomb bay of the Convair B-36 bomber as a parasite fighter.…
The aircraft are from the 5th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. (USAF Photo). 101st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Two F-106 Delta Daggers in formation, 1965. (USAF Photo).…
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.…
The Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (隼, "Peregrine falcon"), formal Japanese designation Army Type 1 Fighter (一式戦闘機, Ichi-shiki sentōki) is a single-engine land-based tactical fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service in the Second World War.…
This aircraft was shot down over Laos on. 16 January 1966. while being assigend to the 354th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 355th Tactical Fighter Wing, Takhli RTAFB. (USAF Photo).…
The Boulton P.82 Paul Defiant was designed and built as a "turret fighter", without any forward-firing guns.…
The first of the Century Series of American jet fighters, it was the first United States Air Force (USAF) fighter capable of supersonic speed in level flight.…
The McDonnell Aircraft Corp. developed the XF-85 Goblin "parasite" fighter to protect B-36 bombers flying far beyond the range of conventional escort fighters.…
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).…
The Nakajima A6M2-N (Navy Type 2 Interceptor/Fighter-Bomber) was a single-crew floatplane based on the Mitsubishi A6M Zero Model 11. The Allied reporting name for the aircraft was Rufe.…
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).…
The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of the Second World War.…
Soviet fighters were usually superior in firepower, speed and agility, and were to be avoided unless the enemy was in a disadvantageous position.…
Warplanes of the USA: Minnesota, Granite Falls, Fagen Fighters WWII Museum. Granite Falls. , Fagen Fighters WWII Museum. , 2450 540th Street, 56241. (Aaron Headly Photo). Curtiss JN-4D Jenny biplane, Reg. No. N2975. (Aaron Headly Photos).…
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.…
Created as a day fighter by Lockheedas one of the "Century Series" of fighter aircraft for the UnitedStates Air Force (USAF), it was developed into an all-weather multiroleaircraft in the early 1960s and produced by several other nations, seeingwidespread service…
F-15C fighters accounted for 34 of the 37 Air Force air-to-air victories.…
(Serial No. 44-73428), 169th Fighter Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard. The 169th FS flew the F-51 from 1947 to 1956. (USGOV-PD Photo).…
(USAF Photo)North American F-51D-30-NA Mustang fighter (Serial No. 44-74938) from the 178th Fighter Squadron, 119th Fighter Wing, North Dakota Air National Guard, ca. 1954. (USAF Photo).…
The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service also frequently used it as a land-based fighter.…
Warplanes of Italy: Regia Aeronautica, Savoia-Marchetti fighters and bombers. Italian Regia Aeronautica Warplanes of the Second World War: Savoia-Marchetti fighters and bombers. Savoia-Marchetti S.55X maritime patrol flying boat.…
McDonnell F-4C-24-MC Phantom II (Serial No. 64-0852), Louisiana Air National Guard fire fighters washing down a fuel spill on 19 August 1982. The airmen were assigned to the 159th Tactical Fighter Group, Louisiana Air National Guard. (USGOV-PD Photo).…
Warplanes of Germany: Luftwaffe Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighters preserved in the USA. Focke-Wulf Fw 190 preserved in the USA. The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document Warplanes from the Second World War preserved in the USA.…
Mitsubishi Ki-83, designed as a long-range heavy fighter. The Mitsubishi Ki-83 (キ83) was a Japanese experimental long range heavy fighter designed near the end of the Second World War. It did not reach production status.…
These fighters were armed with four 20-mm cannons in the wings (two in each wing) and the RAF designated them "Mustang Mk IA."…
The vulnerability of these bombers to fighters and surface gunfire earned them the unofficial nickname of "one shot lighter" or "the flying lighter" by Allied fighter pilots.…
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.…
The Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (飛燕, "flying swallow") is a Japanese Second World War fighter aircraft. Used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service, it was designated the "Army Type 3 Fighter" (三式戦闘機).…
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.…
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.…
Army Air Force Curtiss P-40F Warhawk fighters on a training flight out of Moore Field, near Mission, Texas, in 1943.…
The Boeing XF8B (Model 400) was a single-engine aircraft developed by Boeing during the Second World War to provide the United States Navy with a long-range shipboard fighter aircraft.…
The Thomas-Morse MB-3 was an open-cockpit biplane fighter primarily manufactured by the Boeing Company for the US Army Air Service in 1922. The MB-3A was the mainstay fighter for the Air Service between 1922 and 1925. (USAAC Photo).…
North American F-86A-5-NA Sabre (Serial No. 48-160), 115th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, USAF. The North American F-86 Sabre, sometimes called the Sabrejet, is a transonic jet fighter aircraft.…
(BuNo. 143685) of fighter squadron VF-32. Swordsmen. , Carrier Air Group 3 (CVG-3) from the aircraft carrier USS. Saratoga. (CVA-60), 1958. (USN Photo). Two U.S. Navy Vought F-8E. Crusader. fighters from fighter squadron VF-33.…
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 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.…
The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a compact, multi-role fighter aircraft that delivers war- winning airpower to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a compact, multi-role fighter aircraft.…
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.…
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.…
USAF McDonnell F-101 Voodoos, 136th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, over Niagra Falls, 1972. The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo is a supersonic jet fighter designed and produced by the American McDonnell Aircraft Corporation.…
Problems with the availability of enough reliable Nakajima Homare engines led to their replacement by the Mitsubishi Kasei in the P1Y2-S night-fighter version. The Ginga made its first flight in August 1943.…
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.…
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.…
If G4Ms did not catch fire after being hit in the wings byflak from the ground or by machine gun bullets from enemy fighters, they couldremain airborne despite severe damage.…
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.…