Spinners

Mitsubishi Ki-21P 'Sally' - 2nd Bomber Regiment, Parani Army Air Force, 1942

Bell Airabonita Mk.I - Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment, Boscombe Down, 1940

Mitsubishi G3M2 Model 21 'Nell' - 7th Bomber Regiment, Parani Army Air Force, 1940

Blohm & Voss BV 141P - 7th Tactical Reconnaissance Regiment ('The Storks'), Parani Army Air Force, 1944

Curtiss Hawk 75N - No.2 Squadron ('The Hawks'), Royal Dhimari Air Force, 1940 Modified from the YAP Hawk 75N in 'Rising Sun'

Sailors! Beware of Sally!

Banshee Bounce A Parani Ki-43P gets the better of a Dhimari A-24

Canada FTW

Desert Thoroughbreds

Messerschmitt Bf 108P Taifun - 9th Training & Liason Regiment, Parani Army Air Force, 1942

Boulton Paul Defender Mk.I - No.303 Squadron, RAF Fighter Command, 1940 The Boulton Paul P.83 was designed to Air Ministry Specification F.40/34 for a single-seat monplane fighter of wooden construction that could be built rapidly and in large numbers. As part of the Air Ministry policy of diverting production of the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine to priority projects such as the Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire the Air Ministry had specified that all F.40/34 submissions must use the Napier Falcon (a licence-built Hispano-Suiza 12Y-45) with a planned rating of 920 hp. The P.83 was a conventional low-wing monoplane but of wooden construction with plywood skinning over stringers in a semi-monocoque construction. In the Spring of 1936, Boulton Paul commenced assembly on the first P.83 prototype at their new Wolverhampton facility and made quick progress. With their contemporary turret-fighter being named Defiant, Boulton Paul requested the name Defender for their new fighter and this was agreed with the Air Ministry. Making it's maiden flight on April 4th, 1937 (piloted by Boulton Paul's chief test pilot Cecil Feather) the Defender demonstrated good handling and an impressive rate of climb. Service pilots reported that the Defender could climb faster than both the Spitfire and Hurricane but that its top speed was somewhere inbetween the two. In June 1937 the Air Ministry placed an order for 240 aircraft and whilst official acceptance trials did not commence until July 1938 the first Defender Squadrons were formed in early 1939. (Arsenal de l'aeronautique VG-33)

As dead as a Do Do

Brewster B-339E - 1st Fighter regiment, Estonian Air Force, 1940

High Flier

Desert Dogfight!

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Short Stirling Mk.III - No.199 Squadron, RAF Bomber Command, 1943

Arsenal de l'Aéronautique VG.33's

Death Dive

Fairey Fulcrum Mk.I - No.15 Squadron, RAF Bomber Command, 1938 During 1931, the British Air Ministry released Specification G.4/31 calling for a general purpose aircraft capable of carrying out level bombing, army co-operation, dive bombing, reconnaissance, casualty evacuation and torpedo bombing. Fairey's proposal was the Fairey G.4/31, a single-engine, two-seat biplane but this was rejected by the Air Ministry and the requirement was eventually met by the Vickers Wellesley. But even as work proceeded on the construction of the Fairey G.4/31 prototype, the Fairey design office had already started work on Operational Requirements for a light-bomber to Specification P.27/32 and also for a naval torpedo-bomber to Specification P.2/33. Marcel Lobelle, Fairey Aviation's chief designer, led the design team responsible for the light-bomber (a project that would eventually lead to the Fairy Battle) whilst John Walvis led the design team working on the naval torpedo-bomber. With the Air Ministry strongly favouring a radial engine for the naval torpedo-bomber, Walvis set about designing the Fairey P.2/33 as an all metal, single-engine monoplane powered by the promising Bristol Pegasus XX nine-cylinder, single-row, air-cooled radial aero engine with a planned rating of 925 hp. During the design phase Walvis was able to incorporate aerodynamic innovations such as wing fillets, a fully enclosed cockpit and a fixed landing gear covered in streamlined spats. By mid-1934, Air Ministry officials could see such a high demand for the Rolls-Royce PV-12 (Merlin) engine that a decision was taken to prioritise production of the PV-12 for the planned interceptor/fighter aircraft (most notably F.36/34 & F.37/34) and the Fairey Battle. However, the Air Ministry were so impressed with Fairey's P.2/33 radial-engined design that they asked Fairey to submit it to a new Specification P.41/34 for a general purpose attack bomber for the RAF and authorised the production of three P.41/34 prototypes. Renamed as the Fairey Fulcrum, development moved swiftly and on December 8th 1935 the first Fulcrum prototype (K4404) equipped with an early Bristol Pegasus IV rated at 680 hp made its maiden flight at Hayes in Middlesex before being transferred to RAF Martlesham Heath for service trials. The second and third prototypes were both powered by Bristol Pegasus VI engines rated at 750 hp and completed an accelerated programme of service trials during the Spring of 1936 leading to a production order of 145 Fulcrum Mk.I aircraft. Entering service with No.15 Squadron in March 1937 the Fulcrum Mk.I eventually served with seven RAF Squadrons and whilst largely obsolete by the start of the Second World War it remained in front-line service. However, it was not deployed to France as part of the British RAF Advanced Air Striking Force but served at home with No. 1 Group in operations against German shipping massed in the Channel ports for Operation Sealion. Their last combat sorties included raids on Boulogne and Calais in late 1940 but by early 1941 the remaining Fulcrums were transferred to Northern Ireland for coastal patrol work. Skin Credit: Charles In case you haven't recognised it this is the Northrop Gamma 2E. Reading up on this, I already knew about the A-17 Nomad but I had no idea of the later A-33 which, in turn, led me to learn about 'Little Norway' - gotta love wikipedia!

Fairey Fulcrum Mk.I - No.600 (City of London) Squadron, Royal Auxilliary Air Force, 1938

Fairey Fulcrum Mk.I - No.15 Squadron, RAF Bomber Command, 1938

Nakajima Ki-27P - 2nd Fighter Regiment, Parani Army Air Force, 1940

Armstrong Whitworth Elswick Mk.II - No.74 Squadron, RAF Fighter Command, 1937 Skin Credit: Charles