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goldern age of aviation
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development of aircraft for and during ww2
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Douglas DC3 (C-47, Dakota, Skytrain, Gooney Bird)
the Douglas DC-3 production aircraft was delivered to American Airlines in July 1936 and became a big hit. The US Air Corps became interested in the DC-3 and ordered a military version, that they called the C-47, the Dakota, the skytrain or the Gooney Bird. The DC3 was used extensively during WW1 by the Allies for supplies and parachuting troops behind enemy lines. It was main use was on D-Day. -
Hawker Hurricane
the Hawker Hurricane was part of the reason Allied forces were able to gain victory. The Hurricane was crucial to airborne fighting, especially in the Battle of Britain. The Battle of Britain remains one of the turning points in the war, since it stopped Germany invading and occupying the UK. The battle was fought with only a third of the aircraft that the Germans had. Britain had around 900 Spitfires and Hurricanes in its Royal Air Force fleet while German Luftwaffe had more than 2500 aircraft -
Supermarine Spitfire
Probably the most famous airplane of the Second World War, the Spitfire was the only aircraft that could really rival the German BF-109. The Spitfire was remarkably easy to handle and made for expert flying. the prototype was made in 1936 but the war plane was really prodused in 1938. over 1500 spitfire's were made -
Messerschmitt Bf 109
the Bf 109 became the most widely produced Luftwaffe fighter. Over 30,000 of the nine major variants of Willy Messerschmitt's versatile aircraft were built. the bf109 was used and changed largly through ww2 -
Airspeed Oxford
the "Ox-box", first appeared in 1937 as a military development of the 1934 Envoy feeder-liner, and was the first twin-engined monoplane trainer in the Royal Air Force. The first Oxfords joined the Central Flying School in November 1937, and by the time of the outbreak of World War 2 they were changed into fighters in (used 1940). -
Curtiss P-40 "Warhawks"
If the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was a fighter in the U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC) when the United States entered the conflict. the P-40 was cheap, easier to build and maintain, and it was in large-scale production at a critical period in the war when fighter planes were needed in large numbers. this was one of the planes to help defend Pearl Harbor -
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Fairey Swordfish "stringbag"
The Fairey Swordfish, the legendary ‘Stringbag’, was a Torpedo Spotter Reconnaissance biplane dive-bomber which went into service with the Fleet Air Arm in 1940. Initially, Swordfishes operated from the large air carriers. Later Swordfishes operated from escort carriers, and were very effective against U-boats. The nickname Stringbag indicated the versatility of the Swordfish, which could carry an unlikely combination of loads.The Swordfish remained operational until the end of WW2 in 1945 -
mitsubishi A6m "zero"
this monoplane was used greatly by the Japanese during World War II. it was used one of the main planes that attacked pearl harbor. Although Allied forces named the aircraft “Zeke,” it was generally known as the Zero.When it first appeared, the Zero could outmaneuver many aircrafts. Many Zeros were converted to kamikaze craft in the last months of the war. -
Avro Lancaster
Probably the most famous allied bomber of World War Two was the Avro Lancaster Bomber. It was born out of the failure of the twin engine Manchester bomber. Avro took the Manchester airframe and redesigned it to take four Rolls Royce engines. It was also remarkably adaptable to many terrains and missions such as the famous Dambuster raid through to the carrying of the 11 ton Grand Slam bomb. -
Messerschmitt Me 262A Schwalb
the Me 262 appeared in small numbers at the year of World War II, it was one of the first jets to be made. 1,443 Me 262s were produced, it is estimated that only about 300 saw combat; the others were destroyed in Allied bombing attacks, in training accidents or were scraped for other aircraft. -
north american p-51 mustang
In 1939, the likelihood of war in Europe was a major concern, the British Royal Air Force was looking seriously at methods of quickly increasing its fighter strength. In 1940, the British Air Purchasing Commission approached North American Aviation with the intent of having them build Curtiss P-40's for the RAF. Since the P-40 design went back to 1933, James Kendelberger, the president of th company offered to build an entirely new fighter using the same Allison V-1710-39 engine used on the p-40 -
Bristol type 163 Buckingham
When design of a Bristol Blenheim 162 replacement begun, the Bristol team had no means of making a bomber, the Type 163 Buckingham was already planed, it was just waiting to be used in war. it could keep up with a de Havilland Vampire and carry the same 1814kg bomb-load at a speed of 80km/h faster with a crew of two instead of four, although for a lesser distance. -
De Havilland D.H.100 Vampire Mk.II
A small, very successful jet fighter was the vampire. There were single-seat day fighters and fighter-bombers and two-seat nightfighters and trainers. the de Havilland Vampire, or DH.100, was the second jet engined aircraft commissioned by the Royal Air Force during WW II, although it never saw combat. After the war, it served with foreign air forces, including those of Australia, Canada, Finland, France, India, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and the US -
Junkers Ju 388 'Störtebeker'
The Ju 388 was a development of the Ju 188, which based on the well-known Ju 88. The Junkers Ju 388 looks clumsy like it's predeser the Ju88. But as it was shown during the period of the Second World War, it was perhaps one of the most versatile aircraft of the period like the bomers before it, such as the 188 and the 88 "Schnellbomber" -
Hawker sea fury
The Hawker Sea Fury fighter was the British Fleet Air Arm's last piston-engined fighter, developed during WWII it did not see service with the Fleet Air Arm until after the war. It was the fastest piston powered aircraft ever manufactured. It was a remake of the Hawker Typhoon and had parts copyed off the famous spitfire
