When the first sample of the TB-3, a low wing, four engine heavy bombers made its maiden flight in the…
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The North American P-51 Mustang is a legendary plane, as much as the Spitfire or the Bf-109. No other combat…
Read More »This section is meant to be an online Memorial for Phillipe Bédard, who was my mother’s uncle and a crew…
Read More »The Mitsubishi J2M Raiden or Thunderbolt was designed like no other fighter before it. It emphasized speed, climb and raw firepower. The J2M was…
Read More »Fitted with small wing structures and a fuselage just big enough to house the powerful Daimler Benz-601 ARJ engine, the…
Read More »The Me 262 was literally years ahead of fighters of other nations. That’s what the Allied engineers concluded after the…
Read More »The Kawanishi H8K was conceived as a replacement for the Japanese Navy venerable and obsolete H6K maritime reconnaissance and bombing…
Read More »The Ju 88 certainly was the most versatile aircraft of the Luftwaffe. Apart from the British Mosquito, no other airplane…
Read More »IAR-80 was the most famous Romanian fighter aircraft during the World War II. The Romanian IAR-80 fighter aircraft project was…
Read More »Sort of a “super” Typhoon, the Hawker Tempest had unbelievable technical qualities for a World War 2 airplane. Starting in…
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