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The P-51 was the most successful long-range fighter escort of World War II. The near perfect marriage of Rolls Royce Merlin engine and platform made the 1944 P-51D, with its bubble canopy and six-guns, one of the most iconic and potent fighters of all time. The P-51D’s range was an incredible 2,...read more

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One mythical Mitsubishi A6M 'Zero' fighter plane has taken to the skies over Japan on January 27th 2016, for the first time since WWII. The restored plane made a brief test flight to and from Kanoya Naval Air Base on the island of Kyushu in southern Japan. Kamikaze pilots took off from the same...read more

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P-38L Lightnings and P-47 Thunderbolts fire high velocity aircraft rockets, (HVAR a.k.a. the Holy Moses) at tanks on a target/test range in this WW2 era newsreel footage from United News.

Public domain footage from a United News Newsreel.

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Buy a Hawker Hurricane and therewith a magnificent piece of history: a 1942 Hawker (CC&F) Hurricane IIB, c/n R20023, G-HHII for a price of £1,995,000. No need to worry to be late for work ever again with a powerful Packard...read more

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The P-40 Warhawk was not the best American fighter when the United States entered the World War II, but if it was the most numerous type available in large-scale production. The P-40 was among the most ubiquitous fighter plane. It was the third most-produced American...read more

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The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was the largest, heaviest, and most powerful single piston engine fighter of World War II. The Thunderbolt was a key fighter for the American air force when soldiers and airmen from the United States...read more

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 Lieutenant) November 01, 2015
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The P-40 was the last and best known of Curtiss Hawk series fighters. The P-40 had no serious vices and was a pleasant aircraft to fly. When flown by an experienced pilot was able to give a good account of itself in aerial combat. It's...read more

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 Lieutenant) October 31, 2015
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Platinum Fighter Sales offer for sale this great warbird. It's a North American P-51D Mustang, s/n 45-11526, VH-FST. It has 219.2 Hours since ground up restoration completed by Panama Jack's, Perth, Western Australia. Its first flight after restoration was in 2001. Fuselage has new longerons and...read more

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More warbirds now to commemorate fighter command during the Battle of Britain. A mass take off of Spitfires, Hurricanes and a Buchon all filling the skies over RAF Fairford. Whilst the formation gathered a Griffon powered Spitfire was in a dogfight with the Buchon before a mass of Merlin and...read more

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This is a Bell P-39Q-20-BE fighter aircraft from the second world war, this aircraft was delivered to the US Army Air Forces in the Pacific in 1942 and was mainly used for combat patrols, armed reconnaissance and attacking Japanese troops and shipping on Guadalcanal with the 347th Fighter Group...read more

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