Arado Ar 196
This floatplane spotter and light bomber was carried on German battleships and also saw extensive
service on shore-based coastal patrol duties.
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Avro Anson 1
This type has one of the longest service careers of any aircraft, flying with the RAF for more than
twenty years.
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Avro Lancaster B.1
The famous Lancaster was armed with eight Browning machine guns and could carry the huge 12,000-pound
Blockbuster bomb.
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Blohm & Voss Bv 141
The asymmetrical Bv 141 was one of the strangest aircraft of the Second World War. The design was
intended to give all-round visibility essential in the reconnaissance role and although it attracted
some interest, it failed to gain the production order which went to the Fw 189.
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Bell P-39Q Airacobra
The unorthodox P-39 had its engine mounted behind the pilot and had a tricycle undercarriage.
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Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
This was the final and most successful version of the famous Second World War bomber. The machine
represented in the illustration is one from the 447th Bombardment Group of the US 8th Air Force.
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Boulton Paul Defiant NF.1
The rotating turret with elevating guns are a notable characteristic of this famous night-fighter.
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Brewster Buffalo
The Buffalo, early US fighter aircraft, was easily recognised by its short barrel-shaped fuselage.
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Bristol Beaufighter TF.X
Initially a night-fighter, later Beaufighter variants were used for torpedo bombing and as long-range
fighters. The illustration depicts a torpedo-carrying Mark X.
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Bristol Blenheim IV
An outstanding aircraft of the Second World War, the Blenheim operated as a bomber and a fighter.
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Commonwealth CA-13 Boomerang
This, the first Australian fighter, was a panic Second World War design, built and flown in a matter of
weeks.
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Consolidated B-24J Liberator
Produced in larger numbers than any other American bomber, the B-24 operated succesfully in all the
major Second World War theatres.
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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
The polivalent Catalina was an amphibious aircraft which first flew in 1935 and was in use during many
years after the Second World War in many world countries.
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Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk
The first Kittyhawks to go into action were used by the RAF in the Western Desert. The aircraft depicted
shows the colourful Shark's teeth insignia of 112 Squadron RAF.
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Curtiss SB2C Helldiver
The US carrier-based dive-bomber which played an important part in the defeat of Japan.
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De Havilland Mosquito
Nicknamed 'The Wooden Wonder' the Mosquito was one of the Second World War's most versatile aircraft.
Three of the main versions were the Mk II night-fighter, the FB VI fighter-bomber and the Mk XVIII
anti-shipping aircraft equipped with a 57-millimeter gun.
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De Havilland Mosquito FB VI
Hazardous low-level attacks on selected enemy targets were the frequent duties of the RAF's Mosquito
squadrons during the Second World War. The FB VI fighter bomber was one of the main versions.
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De Havilland Tiger Moth
Affectionately remembered by Second World War aircrew as the type in which they made their initial
flights, the Tiger Moth is still flying in many parts of the world.
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