1940s Aircraft

The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in April 1940 by a design team

The B-17, also called the “Flying Fortress” was a U.S. heavy bomber used during World War II. The B-17 was designed by the Boeing Aircraft Company in response to a 1934 Army Air Corps specification that

The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka (from Sturzkampfflugzeug, “dive bomber”) was a German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft. Designed by Hermann Pohlmann, which first flew in 1935. The Ju 87 made its combat

After its defeat in World War I, Germany was banned from operating an air force by the Treaty of Versailles. Following Hitler’s ascent to power, German re-armament began

The Bristol Blenheim was originally intended as a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company which was used extensively in the first two

The mainstay of the Luftwaffe at the outbreak of war in 1939, the Messerschmitt Bf 109 was the German World War II fighter aircraft which (along with the

Made famous during the Battle of Britain as the work horse of that struggle, the Hawker Hurricane is a single-seat fighter aircraft designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft

The Avro Lancaster was a British Second World War heavy bomber, designed and manufactured by the Avro aviation company, as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax. Both bombers were developed to the same specification, as

The Supermarine Spitfire was a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. Remarkably just one prototype Spitfire was built by Vickers