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Hawker Typhoon! I love this plane, can't find a pic to do it justice though!
Bristol Blenheim Mk IV (with the lovely glass nose).
Love these threads, takes me right back to Airfix kits at my gran's kitchen table of a weekend.
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Arguably the better fighter in the Battle of Britain
See I'd say Fw190
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See I'd say Fw190
nice to see a full size one 😉
PP I think that must be an early BE 2 in your great great uncles photo.
the Vintage aviator make replica's of these as well.
http://thevintageaviator.co.nz/projects/be2
Arado AR234 "Blitz"
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Fw190 first in service in 1941, so not in the BoB. Sorry, pedant mode kicked in again
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Mig 3
Damn you with your "facts" 👿 .Battle of Britain in our house was mostly every wednesday before tea....and some times Jerry got to win.
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Thunderjug. The joke went, "how do you evade enemy fire in a P47? Answer: Undo the straps and run around the cockpit".
A Mig 3 has been restored in Russia. It never ceases to amaze me how many rare planes are being brought back to life.
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The massively underrated victim of 'doctrine' and incorrect application of assets that was hugely effective when used correctly - the Boulton-Paul Defiant
IIRC! Didn't they effectively find the factory, abandoned and looking like the Marie-celeste,Mig 3 has been restored in Russia. It never ceases to amaze me how many rare planes are being brought back to life.
This is simply beautiful.
The B-17 Flying Fortress
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Good call on the Hellcat, btw.
I think that must be an early BE 2 in your great great uncles photo.
Thanks JimW, that's what I was thinking, a beautiful looking aircraft, but not that effective apparently.
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First 200mph fighter - Hawker Fury
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Arguably the ultimate development of the piston engine fighter - Hawker Sea Fury
I was gonna drop the Schneider Trophy winning Supermarine but beaten to it and undoubtedly the defining aircraft of the interwar years.
So I'll stick the P-38 Lightning in instead
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And it's offspring, the rather bizarre, never fought in the war (but did fly in 1945) P-82 Twin Mustang. Apparently the record holder for the longest nonstop flight ever made by a propeller-driven fighter (5051 miles so no trouble getting over Southern Germany)
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Mosquito and Catalina for the wins. Remaining choice is limited.
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Beech Staggerwing.
Biplane pron.
Supermarine Stranraer
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Short S25 Sunderland
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The massively underrated victim of 'doctrine' and incorrect application of assets that was hugely effective when used correctly - the Boulton-Paul Defiant
What? You mean when they were mistaken for Huricanes and dived on from behind. Can't think of any other occasion when the Defiant was a success. It wasn't designed as a night fighter either, if you are going to use that an example.
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Horsa glider
This is my favourite from that era:
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Had one fly over head once at the same time as I was up in the air trying to catch the ball at a line out, I think I dropped it as I was distracted!
Northrop P61 Black Widow
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The issue with the twin mustang
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Bristol Bulldog
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finish gloster gauntlet
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cg pzl p.11
the real thing
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Polikarpov I-16
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Polikarpov I-153 Chaika
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Tupolev SB-2
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Bristol Beaufighter
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Westland Whirlwind - came up in the wiki page on the Beaufighter.
true winner of the battle of britain 😉
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De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth
Could someone post a nice pic of a beautiful polished alloyP-51 Mustang for me? Can't seem to do it from my phone :-/ Absolutely GORGEOUS airplane with (essentially) a throbbing British heart. Kind of like a Shelby Cobra, in reverse...
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De Havilland Vampire
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p51d mustang
Thanks Klunk!
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De Havilland Hornet
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Stuka
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Do-17
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Messerschmitt 110
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Beech UC-45J Expeditor
