Secondflight Collection

De Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth, the RAFs standard primary trainer throughout the war years - Photo Hugh W Cowin

Bristol 156 Beaufighter IV a quartet in quest of their quarry Just under 6, 000 Beaufighters were to be built

Boeing B-29 Superfortress prototype from a dramatic aspect taken during early test flying

Avro 683 Lancaster I of No 467 Squadron bombing-up-became the mainstay of RAF Bomber Command, the type entering operations in February 1942

Boeing B-29A Superfortess-the bomber that ended the war with two bombs-the first of the nuclear age

Focke Wulf FW 189A -this twin engined tactical reconnaissance type was used extensively on the Eastern Front

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina over Aleutian waters

Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer -the US Navy adaptation of the B-24 Liberator

Bucker Bu 131B - the standard Luftwaffes primary trainer

Brewster F2A Buffalo of the US Navy, aloft in Aug 1942 by when the type was relegated to training duties, having proved no match to the Japanese fighters

Focke Wulf Ta 154 -too late to be encountered in any numbers, this was one of Germanys last night fighters

Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless -the stalwart US Navy carrier -going dive bomber served throughout the Pacific War, sinking most of Japans aircraft carriers

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver -early examples had a tendency to break up during recovery from a dive

De Havilland DH98 Mosquito III in close up

Consolidated PBY-5 seen clad in drab 1942 livery Catalinas flown by the US Navy and RAFs Coastal Command helped defeat the U-Boat threat across the Atlantic

Bucker Bu 133 Jungmeister- a tight 7 plane fomation, good for teaching precise handling but not fighter tactics

Brewster F2A Buffalo -unlike other Buffalo users, the Finnish enjoyed con (side view)rable success against their Soviet invaders

Blackburn Firebrand TF IV first flown in February 1942 opened a whole saga of problems, with the first production aircraft not being available until long after wars end

Doolittle & his Tokyo Raiders, 1942 Date: 1942

Curtiss P-40N Kittyhawk IV -these progressively replaced the interim Boomerang with Australian fighter squadrons serving in the Pacific

Avro 685 York-shown is the first civilianised York delivered to British Overseas Airways Corporation in February 1944

Avro 685 York transport used the Lancasters wings, modified tail unit and engines One used by Winston Churchill as his personal aircraft

Consolidated B-24H & J formation of 2nd Bomb Division, US 8th Air Force, 24 Nov 1944

Avro 679 Manchester IA with its seven man crew about to board

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Cierva C30 Rota used by the wartime RAF photographed at Old Warden by Hugh W Cowin

Focke Wulf FW 190A-8 R1 -this (on the ground) support variant carries a very heavy armament for strafing

Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster -an overly complicated looking effort to mimic the performance of the DH Mosquito

Curtiss Wright R5C-1 Commando trio of the US Marines on a Pacific Island airstrip

Consolidated B-24J Liberator of US 15th Air Force takes lethal flak over Northern Italy

Bristol 163 Buckingham B I-designed as a replacement for the Blenhiem bomber, the Buckingham, first flown in February 1943, was a failure

Brewster SB2A-4 Buccaneer of VS-5, Vero Beach, Florida, in 1942

Arado Ar 231 an ambitious attempt to provide U-Boats with a readily stowable set of far over the horizon eyes

Amiot 143-built to a 1928 requirement, this type was totally obsolete when used by the French in late 1939 and early 1940

Bloch MB 200-of early 1930s origin, this bomber was obsolete but still used by France and Czechs

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Douglas A-20J Havoc - Photographed moments after taking a fatal hit

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Focke Achgelis E-19 prototype of FA 330 Used aboard U-Boats to extend their visual range from 5 to 25 miles, around 20 built

Fairchild C-82A-While the XC-82 first flew in September 1944, protracted problems prevented any production before wars end

Douglas XB-43 -though never put into production, this simplified jet-powered version of the XB-42, was Americas first jet bomber

Douglas TBD-1 Devastator -a pre war carrier-going torpedo bomber, the type was virtually wiped out during the Battle of Midway

Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless pair over the Pacific, 26 June 1942

De Havilland DH103 Hornet F I first flew in July 1944 and was still in development when hostilities ended

De Havilland DH 89 Dominie -the RAF version of the Dragon Rapide airliner, used to train navigators and wireless operators

Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk-the last of the big warship catapult aircraft Retired from the US Navy in 1950

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver -although built in large numbers, the Helldiver was never popular with it crews

Curtiss P-40E -known as the Warhawk in the US and the Kittyhawk in the RAF, the type was loved by its pilots for its ability to withstand combat damage

Curtiss P-40B Tomahawk IIA trio of No112 Squadron RAF in North Africa, 1941

Culver PQ-14 near B-29 tail -this diminutive lightplane was normally operated as a target drone, but could be piloted

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