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Category Archives: Fighter
Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat
Wake Island Japan started the Pacific War with an explosive campaign of conquest and attack from Malaysia to Pearl Harbor. For the allies, it was almost entirely bad news. One of the few bright spots in those first few months … Continue reading
Kawasaki Ki-61 Tony
Indigenous Japanese engines were mostly radials, round engines. But shortly before the war started, the Japanese Army decided it needed a fighter more like the European types. The Spitfire and Bf109 were making news, so the Imperial Army knew it … Continue reading
North American Mustang Mk IV
The British Commonwealth provided the first Mustang orders to North American, and they continued to use the type to the end of the war. But we normally see the late model Mustangs in US Markings. After the jump, a brief … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Britain, Fighter, USA
Tagged Aircraft Models, Scale Models, World War II
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Macchi C.202 Folgore
The C.202 was a capable, yet not so well known fighter. It was the most important fighter of the Regia Aeronautica, the Italian Air Force, from 1942-43. After the jump, we’ll look at a less known, but still successful weapon.
Brewster Buffalo, Part II
The Buffalo is one of those airplanes with a split personality. Its performance and combat record against the Japanese is almost universally bad. Yet a small number of planes, against the massive VVS (Soviet Air Force) had as completely opposite … Continue reading
Posted in Fighter, Finland, USA
Tagged Museums, The Continuation War, The Winter War, World War II
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Brewster F2A-2 Buffalo
Perhaps no aircraft is more symbolic of America’s unpreparedness for war in 1941 than Brewster’s much maligned Buffalo. Of course the story only gets more interesting the deeper we look. So after the jump, a brief look at one of … Continue reading
Gloster Gladiator Mk I (J8)
The Winter War World War II started on September 1, 1939 when Germany attacked Poland. Yet there were other wars, even involving combatants in the world war, that seem to fall through the cracks in most histories. One such, was … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, Fighter, Finland, Sweden
Tagged Aircraft Models, Scale Models, The Winter War, World War II
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Lockheed P-38J Lightning
This big fighter is generally considered third best of the Army Air Force fighters in World War II. No doubt it is very distinctive, and has a pretty high “cool” factor! After the jump, Lockheed’s deadly twin.
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt
4th Fighter Group The 4th Fighter Group would be one of the top US fighter groups in the war against Germany. Early models of the Thunderbolt were among the first weapons they flew. After the jump, a look at this … Continue reading
Polikarpov I-16 Type 18
This stubby little fighter was state of the art in the early 1930s. It continued in use until well into World War II, when it was clearly past its prime. After the jump, an extremely prolific Soviet fighter.
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