This outstanding performer carried the firepower of a ...
destroyer, and served for more than 20 years. Conceived in 1944, it made its first flight on March 18, 1945. With its versatility, weight-lifting capacity (5,000 pounds on a carrier mission) and ...
kit. Early in World War 2, the world was stunned by the effective dive bombing tactics of the JU 87 Stuka. First tested in the Spanish Civil War, it went through considerable ...
War 2, the Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway Island, the carrier based Dauntless dive bomber played an historic part in blunting the Japanese offensive that began at Pearl Harbor on ...
The small Nieuport 11 biplane was affectionately known ...
as the "Bébé" (baby). The Nieuport was originally designed for racing; this light plane was fast and extremely maneuverable and was the first combat airplane to carry the famed "Lafayette Escadrille" into ...