A utility, liaison, and observation aircraft, the Piper was selected a few months before the United States went to war against Germany and Japan in 1941, following a call to equip the US Army Air Corps with an aircraft allowing observers to correct artillery fire. 96 votes Is this iconic?
Since then it’s built a vast library of 50 DLC expansions, including four more full ‘Battle of’ campaigns (Moscow, Kuban, Bodenplatte, and most recently Normandy in 2022) plus loads of individual aircraft to add to your hangars. The ‘Flying Circus’ DLC series even ports gameplay into...
By July 1942, the US National Defense Research Committee (NDRC), while working on developing the DUKW amphibious transport, concluded that a larger amphibious vehicle would be needed. They presumably expected that the DUKW’s limited capacity of 2.3 tonnes would be inadequate during large scale ...
this was the last A-24A built, designated RA-24A as a target towing aircraft A-24B Banshee aircraft 'Dry Run' at rest at a Pacific base, 1943-45 A-24B-1-DT Banshee aircraft (serial number 42-54372) at rest with dive brakes extended, 1943-45; note P-47 and B-24 aircraft in back...
Aircraft wrecks, WW2 in Greece, WW2 Wrecks Help us identify this landing gear part: Could it belong to a Spitfire? Aircraft wrecks, WW2, WW2 in Greece, WW2 Wrecks Reenactors at the 42nd Annual International Plastic Modellers Society – Hellas (Photos) Photo gallery Exhibits at the 42nd...
Ju 87 resting at an airfield, circa late 1930s Miklós Horthy and Adolf Hitler observing German Navy submarines, 1938 Trans Canada Airlines 14H2 passenger aircraft, circa 1938 US Marine Corps Lieutenant Dewolf Schatzel leading the final salute of the Mounted Detachment at the American Legation, Yo...
SOCIETY OF LICENSED AIRCRAFT ENGINEERS LAPEL BADGE ¥270(approx conversion from £30) WW2 German Wermacht Wehrpass ¥920(approx conversion from £100) WW2 RAF B-type flying helmet - Sz1 - RELIANCE - 1940 ¥4,500(approx conversion from £495) ...
Everyone knows the best aircraft to come out of WW2, but what were the worst? To find out, let's base this on some criteria: The aircraft on this list must have: Been produced as part of a series (no prototypes) Served in some sort of operational squadron Seen some action With that...
This housing was not designed to protect against enemy aircraft fire but rather to guard against the exhaust generated when firing the rockets. At the upper front of the cabin, there was a large, curved glazed window, providing the operator with a mostly field of view. The controls themselves...