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 ...
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 ...
The Japanese Navy ordered the NAKAJIMA A6M2-N seaplane ...
an adaptation of the Mitsubishi Zero-fighter plane, in early 1940. The first delivery was made in December 1941 and a total of 320 were built before production ceased in 1943. It was ...