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Category Archives: Fighter
Nakajima Ki-27 Nate
A good pre-War design, the Ki-27 continued in wide service later than most other fighters of its generation. Let’s look at a fighter that was a part of Japan’s conquest of the Philippines.
Messershmitt Bf 109E-3
Somewhere in Ohio, 1942. Actually that’s Wright Field near Dayton.Let’s take a look at a well travelled Messerschmitt.
Posted in Britain, Fighter, France, Germany, USA
Tagged Aircraft Models, Scale Models, World War II
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Republic P-47D Thunderbolt
Another group is another excuse to revisit this favorite type. Let’s take a quick look at a 9th Air Force ground pounder.
Yakovlev Yak-9D
This most numerous and important Soviet fighter of the War is perhaps the best known Soviet fighter as well. Let’s take a look at an important fighter from a unit that really emphasized the World at War.
Posted in Fighter, France, Soviet Union
Tagged Aircraft Models, Scale Models, World War II
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Curtiss XP-55 Ascender
A prototype that was never really considered for a production order, Let’s look at a design meant to tackle difficult aerodynamic issues as new areas of speed and performance were dealt with at the end of the piston-engine fighter era.
Curtiss Mohawk Mk IV
The Curtiss Hawk 75 had been a popular export product in the years just before the start of World War II. Let’s take a look at one that flew for the RAF.
Grumman F4F-3S Wildcatfish
Japan may have been the only nation with a fully successful float-plane fighter, but others tried. Let’s look at a US Navy attempt.
Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat
The Hellcat is best known for its central role in devastating Japanese air power in the last two years of the Pacific War. But it also served, if briefly, against the more land locked opponent. Let’s take a look at … Continue reading
Mitsubishi A6M1 Zero
Part of the first wave of great World War II fighters, the first flight of Mitsubishi’s famous Zero came on April 1, 1939. Let’s take a look at an important type that was so secret it was almost entirely unnoticed … Continue reading
Gloster Gladiator Mk I
At the start of World War II every combatant still had hardware that looked like leftovers from the previous era. But some of those weapons were very effective in the right hands. Let’s look at a British plane and a … Continue reading
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