Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) Wirraway |
Single-engined army co-operation aircraft. More... |
Bristol Bulldog |
Single engined Biplane fighter. Manufactured in Britain. More... |
Morane Saulnier 406 |
Single Seat Fighter. More.... |
Arado AR-196 | Single-engined floatplane. More... Pictures |
Dornier Do 17 | Twin engined Medium Bomber. More... |
Focke-Wulf 190 | Single engined fighter. More... |
Focke-Wulf 200 | Four engine long range maritime reconnaissance. More... |
Heinkel He-100 |
World speed record breaking racing aircraft. |
Heinkel He-111 | Twin engined medium bomber. More... |
Heinkel He-112 | Single Seat fighter. More... |
Heinkel Hs-123 | Ground attack aircraft. More... |
Heinkel He-176 | Rocket powered test aircraft. More... |
Junkers Ju 87 'Stuka' | Ground attack aircraft. More... |
Junkers Ju 88 | Medium Bomber. More... |
Messerschmitt Me 109 | Single seat day fighter. More... |
Messerschmitt Me 110 | Twin engined fighter-bomber. More... |
Messerschmitt 262 | Twin jet engined fighter-bomber. More... |
Messerschmitt 264 | Four engined, long range bomber. More... |
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley | Twin-engined night bomber. More... |
Avro Lancaster | Four-engined heavy night bomber. More... |
Blackburn Skua | Ship-borne fighter. More... |
Bristol BLENHEIM |
Bristol Blenheim. British light day bomber of the early war period. |
Bristol Beaufighter | Twin-engined fighter-bomber and maritime attack aircraft. More... |
de Havilland Mosquito | The wooden wonder. Twin-engined multi-purpose aircraft. Fighter, bomber, reconnaissance. Fast with long range and a heavy payload. More... |
Fairey Swordfish | Biplane ship-based attack aircraft. More... |
Gloster Gladiator |
Biplane fighter of the RAF. More.... |
Handley Page Hampden | Twin engined light bomber from the early war years. More... |
Hawker Hind | Interwar light bomber still in training usage at outbreak of WW2. More... |
Hawker Hurricane |
The single seat fighter. British. More.... |
Hawker Typhoon | Single Engined fighter. More... |
Miles Master | Advanced trainer. More... Link |
Short Singapore | Four-engined, biplane, general
reconnaissance flying boat with a crew of 6. One of the mainstays of the RAF flying-boat squadrons at home and overseas in the years just before the war, the Singapore III was the last of a long series of Short biplane flying boats and the immediate predecessor of the Sunderland. The Singapore III was the final service version of a design which originated with the Singapore I (N 179) of 1926. The Singapore I was powered by twin 800-hp Rolls-Royce H 10 engines driving tractor airscrews, and differed also in having a single fin and rudder and a pronounced overhang on the top wing. A Singapore I was loaned by the Air Ministry to Sir Alan Cobham for his memorable 23,000 mile flight round Africa in 1927-28. In 1930 the Singapore II (N 246) appeared, this being the first version to mount the twin tandem engine lay-out so characteristic of the Mk. III. The Singapore I did not go into production, but in August 1933 the Air Ministry ordered four development aircraft from Shorts to Spec. R 3/33 for trials at the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment and with squadrons, these being the first Mk. IIIs. The first Mk. III (K 3592) flew on 15 June 1934. Production terminated with K 8859 in June 1937 after 37 had been built for the RAF. The five production batches were K 3592-3595, K 4577-4585, K 6907 - 6922, K 8565-8568 and K 8856-8859. Singapores first entered service with No. 210 Squadron at Pembroke Dock in January 1935. First Singapores sent overseas were No. 230 Squadron's, to Alexandria in October 1935 and in Singapore from January 1937. In September 1937 Singapores on Nos. 209 and 210 Squadrons were sent to Malta to institute the special anti-piracy patrols as a protection for British shipping during the Spanish Civil War. Temporarily based in Algeria, they returned to England again in December 1937. Nineteen Singapore IIIs, by then in full camouflage war-paint, remained in service at the outbreak of war in 1939. No. 205 Squadron, based at Singapore, retained four Singapores on its strength until as late as October 1941 when it handed then over to the RNZAF. Technical Data: General reconnaissance flying boat with a crew of 6. All-metal structure, metal hull and fabric-covered wings. Maker's designation, Short S. 19. Manufacturers: Short Bros. (Rochester and Bedford) Ltd, Rochester, Kent. Power Plant: Twin 675-h.p. Rolls-Royce Kestrel IX (DR) tractor and twin 675 h.p. Kestrel IX (DR) pusher. Dimensions: Span 90 ft. Length, 64 ft. 2 in. Height, 23 ft. 7 in. Wing area, 1,834 sq. ft. Weights: Empty, 20364 lb. Loaded, 32390 lb. Performance: Maximum speed, 136 m.p.h. at 5,000 ft. Initial climb, 700 ft./min. Range 1,000 miles at 105 m.p.h. Endurance 6¼ hrs. Service ceiling, 15,000 ft. Armament: Three Lewis guns in bows, amidships and tail positions. Bomb-load, 2,000 lb. |
Short Sunderland | Four-engined long range flying boat. More... |
Supermarine Spitfire | Single-seat day fighter. More... |
Vickers Vincent | Three-seat general purpose biplane. More... |
Vickers Wellington |
The Vickers Wellington bomber of the RAF. More... |
Westland Lysander | Single engined Army Co-operation and covert operations aircraft. More... |
Caproni CR-42 | Biplane fighter. More... |
Fiat G.50 Bis | Single-engined day fighter. More... |
Piaggio P. 108 | Four engined heavy bomber. More... |
Reggiane Re2000 | Single seat day fighter. Pictures... |
Mitsubishi A6M Type 0 |
The "Zero" single-seat, single-engined fighter. More... |
NakaJima Ki-43 | Single seat fighter. More... |
Fokker G1.A | Twin-engined fighter. |
Bell P-39Airacobra | Single Seat Fighter. More... |
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress |
Four-engined heavy bomber. More.... |
Boeing S-307 Stratoliner |
Pressurised Airliner. More... |
Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
Four-engined very heavy bomber. More... |
Brewster F2A Buffalo |
Single engined fighter. More... |
Brewster SB2A |
Brewster SB2A Buccaneer. Land-based or carrier-based scout-bomber, produced by the Brewster Aeronautical Company of the USA. (23) |
Cessna T-50 Bobcat |
Twin-engined trainer. More... |
Consolidated B-24 Liberator |
Four-engined heavy bomber. More... |
Consolidated PBY Catalina |
Twin-engined amphibian. More... |
Consolidated B-32 Dominator | Four-engined very heavy bomber. Built as insurance in case the B-29 programme failed. More... |
Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk |
Single-engined fighter. More... |
Douglas DC-5 |
Twin-engined, high wing transport. More... |
Douglas B-18 Bolo
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Twin-engined medium bomber and
maritime reconnaissance aircraft.
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Douglas A-20 Havoc |
Twin-engined medium bomber. More... |
Grumman F4F 'Wildcat' |
Single Seat carrier-borne naval fighter. Jim Baugher's Website http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/hist-ac/f4f-4.pdf
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Grumman Avenger | Carrier based single engine torpedo bomber. |
Lockheed Hudson |
Twin-engined maritime general reconnaissance aircraft. More... |
Lockheed P-38 Lightning |
Twin-engined fighter. More... |
Martin B-26 Marauder |
Twin-engined medium bomber. More... |
North American Harvard |
Single engined advanced trainer. More... |
North American B-25 Mitchell |
Twin-engined medium bomber. More... |
North American P-51 Mustang |
Single-engined fighter. More... |
North American A-36 Apache |
Ground attack variant of the P-51 Mustang. More... |
Republic P-35 |
Pre-war United States Army Air Force Pursuit (Fighter) aircraft. |
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt |
Single-engined fighter. More... |
Vought F4U Corsair | Single-engined carrier-borne fighter-bomber. More... |
Vought OS2U Kingfisher | Single-engined ship-borne scout. More... |