The Big Tailed Beast – Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver from USS Yorktown
The Curtiss SB2C-4 “Helldiver” was the Navy’s replacement for the Douglas Dauntless dive bomber (of Midway fame). Introduced in 1943, the crews and ship captains were far less enthusiastic...
Westland Whirlwind – Dieppe Raider
The Westland Whirlwind Mk. 1 (not to be confused with the post-war helicopter of the exact same name) was one of the early twin-engined fighters employed by the...
Northrop P61B Black Widow – Pacific Night Hunter
The P61B Black Widow was a purpose-built night fighter first introduced in March 1944 and served in both the European and Pacific theaters. It also had the distinction of...
Paris by Moonlight – Westland Lysander Mk. III SCW
In the bleakest days after the fall of France, and Great Britain stood alone against the Nazi juggernaut, it had seemed like all contact between that country and the...
Aces High – P51D Mustang “Old Crow”
The P51D Mustang has got to be one of the most popular, if not THE most popular fighter plane to have emerged from WW2. Just this website alone, this...
Waiting for Dusk- Boulton Paul Defiant Mk. II
The Boulton Paul Defiant was one of the few fighter designs in WW2 that incorporated a gun turret as its main armament. The aircraft has a superficial resemblance to...
Vickers Vildebeest – Magnificent ‘Beest from Azur
The Vildebeest belongs to that category of aircraft that look so ungainly and ancient that it is actually beautiful in its own way. The little known aircraft has a...
Airfix Gloster Gladiator Mk. 1 – “The Little Biplane That Could”
The last biplane fighter to enter RAF service, the Gloster Gladiator is best remembered for the heroic defense of Malta against the Italian Air Force. An earlier episode was...
Tuskegee Mustang, the Red-Tail Angel
The P51-D Mustang by itself is already a WW2 legend. The Tuskegee airmen made their heraldic red nose-and-tail Mustangs the stuff of Air Force mystique and immortal fame. Theirs...
P39Q Bell Airacobra – New Guinea Gunfighter
The Airacobra is a story of a fighter plane that “could have, would have” been a great legend in World War 2 if it hadn’t been for an unfortunate...