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Of the RAF bombers involved in operations over Germany during the Second World War, the Avro Lancaster must rank as the most famous of them all. Although Merlin engines were the more usual power...

Although usually associated with the Wehrmacht�??s feared �??Lightning War�?? attacks at the beginning of WWII, the Ju87B Stuka was also a highly effective maritime strike bomber. Capable of...

As US bomber operations began to take place at airfields all over Southern England from the summer of 1942, the vehicles used in servicing their Liberators and Flying Fortresses were slowly...

Scheme 1: FL212 EV-W �??Nulli Secundus�?? 180 Squadron RAF Dunsfold 1943 Scheme 2: FV923 SM-E Lasham 1943In Royal Air Force service, the capable North American B-25C/D Mitchell tactical...

Dimensions L268 x W186Scale 1:72Skill 3Number of Parts 141Dimensions (mm) L268 x W186Age Suitability 8+

Schemes: 1) XV466 D, No1435 FLT, RAF Mount Pleasant November 1991 2) FGR.2 XV469 H 2 Squadron June 1976 3) FGR.2 Phantom XV408 92 Squadron RAF GermanyAs the Royal Air Force were looking...

As the air war over occupied Europe progressively developed, so did the equipment used by the RAF and its Bomber Command. Specialist vehicles were introduced to supply arms and equipment to...

Scheme 1: ‹¨«??Rotation Blues‹¨«?? 67th FBS Korea Scheme 2: F51D 77 Squadron RAAF Korea 1951 Scheme 3: J26 Mustang, Swedish Air Force As arguably the finest fighter aircraft of WWII, the...

Scheme 1: KM272 ‹¨«??Dooleybird‹¨«?? 19 Squadron RAF 1945 Scheme 2: KH676/CV-A Flg Off A F Lane, 3 Squadron RAAF Cervia Italy, April 1945As the North American Mustang was developed as a direct...

Scale 1:48Skill 2Number of Parts 118Dimensions (mm) L206xW209Age Suitability 8+

As the least effective of the RAF’s interceptor fighters at the start of the Battle of Britain, it is interesting to note that the Boulton Paul Defiant actually entered service much later than...

The Supermarine Spitfire was, by 1940, the interceptor of choice for Fighter Command. It was capable of speeds of over 360mph and had exceptional manoeuvrability. An excellent dog-fighter, the...

The Hawker Hurricane was the RAFƒ??s most vital fighter in the early years of WWII. These tough, partly fabric covered monoplane fighters put in a valiant defence against the numerically superior...

On graduating from basic flying training in the BAC Jet Provost, students streamed for fast jet training during the mid 1960s would probably find themselves in the front seat of a Folland Gnat and...

Scheme 1: Franz Von Werra 1940 Scheme 2: G9 + JM III./NJG 1 Scheme 3: Yugoslavian Air Force L-33 As the battle hardened Bf109 fighter pilots of the Luftwaffe began operations against Britain...

Scheme 1: 10./NJG 11, W.Nr 111980, Red 12 + RAF Version Scheme 2: Avia CS-92 Czech AFAs the first operational jet fighter in the world, initial Messerschmitt Me262s combat operations were...

The Bristol Blenheim was originally conceived as a privately funded high-speed civilian aircraft, intended to wrestle the record for the fastest civilian aircraft in Europe away from the Germans...

The end of the Second World War saw the victorious Allied nations desperately attempting to secure details of German jet technology and high speed research data, information which could be...

Schemes: 1) British Aerospace Hawk T.Mk.1, No.151 (Fighter) Squadron, Royal Air Force Chivenor, Devon, England, July 1983 2) British Aerospace Hawk T.Mk.1, No.208 (R) Squadron, Royal...

Scale 1:72Skill 2Number of Parts 75Dimensions (mm) L178 x W116Age Suitability 8+

Scale: 1:72 Skill: 1 Number of Parts: 70 Dimensions (mm): L150 X W166 The Boulton-Paul Defiant was the only �??turret fighter�?? to enter service with the RAF. The Defiant used the...

Scheme 1: XK624 CFS Little Rissington September 1972 Scheme 2: Vampire J-28C Swedish Historic Flight First entering RAF service in 1952, the De Havilland Vampire T.11 trainer was the...

Considered revolutionary in 1935, by the start of WWII the earliest versions of The Hurricane with fabric covered wings and two bladed propellers had fallen behind the performance of the best...