Hawker Fury Mk.II, G-CBEL

Hawker Fury Mk.II, G-CBEL

© Jean-Pierre Touzeau© Jean-Pierre Touzeau© Jean-Pierre Touzeau© Jean-Pierre Touzeau© Jean-Pierre Touzeau© Jean-Pierre Touzeau© Jean-Pierre Touzeau© Jean-Pierre Touzeau© Jean-Pierre Touzeau Previous image Next image The Hawker Fury FB.11 is a British fighter aircraft designed and manufactured by Hawker. It was the last propeller-driven fighter to serve with the Royal Navy, and one of the fastest production single piston-engined aircraft ever built. Developed during the Second World War, the Fury entered service two years after the war ended. The Fury proved to be a popular aircraft with a number of overseas militaries, and was used during the Korean War in the early 1950s,…
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P-51D, “MISS STRESS”, N4034S

P-51D, “MISS STRESS”, N4034S

© Philipp Prinzing© Philipp Prinzing© Philipp Prinzing Previous Next This Mustang was built in 1944 with the serial 44–63889 was assigned to the 318th Fighter Squadron in 1944 and thus belonged to the well-known ‘Checkertail Clan’ of the 325th Fighter Group. Stationed on the Italian mainland at Lesina Airfield, approximately 57 km north of Foggia. The 318th Fighter Squadron, together with the other squadrons of the 325th Fighter Group, flew bomber escorts from Russian bases against Romanian airfields. The clan escorted heavy bombers that attacked either petroleum processing plants in Romania or synthetic fuel plants across Germany, Czechoslovakia, Austria or Hungary. Unfortunately, nothing…
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P-51D, “Frances Dell”, N51ZW

P-51D, “Frances Dell”, N51ZW

Previous Next This Mustang with the serial number 44–74453 was manufactured at the North American Aviation Plant Inglewood, California in 1944. Built close to the end of the war, it has not seen any wartime activity and was stored by the United States Army Air Forces until 1950, when it was sold to the Royal Canadian Air Force. It was in service with the RCAF until 1959 when it was once again sold to a private civilian owner in the US.From then on, it had different owners and was painted as ‘Glamorous Gal’ until 2011, when the plane was damaged…
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Yak 3, F-AZOS

Yak 3, F-AZOS

© Jean-Pierre Touzeau© Xavier Meal© Jean-Pierre TouzeauMichel Defaye© Jean-Pierre Touzeau© Jean-Pierre Touzeau© Jean-Pierre Touzeau© Jean-Pierre Touzeau© Jean-Pierre Touzeau Previous image Next image The F-AZOS is a reconstruction of a YAK 3 VK107, in the colours of pilot Marcel Albert, the most successful pilot of the Normandy Niemen Squadron, who was present throughout the campaign, from the creation of the group in December 1942 until the end of the war.He returned to France with his YAK 3 offered by Stalin.Michel, its owner and presenter, was born in Haute Volta, in the Sahel, where he contemplated the vultures gliding without getting tired,…
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Curtiss P-40F Warhawk, G-CGZP

Curtiss P-40F Warhawk, G-CGZP

© Jean-Pierre Touzeau© Jean-Pierre Touzeau© Jean-Pierre Touzeau Previous Next The Fighter Collection’s Merlin-engined P-40F is one of only two left airworthy anywhere in the world. Manufactured at the Curtiss facility in Buffalo, New York in the autumn of 1942 and allocated Bu No. 41-19841. She was delivered by land to the Stockton In-Transit Depot in California for onward shipment in November, where she was then shipped to the Thirteenth Air Force in the Southwest Pacific on Christmas Eve 1942. Unfortunately, her service career remains a mystery, but the only P-40Fs to see combat in the Pacific Theatre were flown by…
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Spitfire MK XIV, G-SXIV

Spitfire MK XIV, G-SXIV

  © Frédéric Debruyne   © Frédéric Debruyne   © Frédéric Debruyne   © Frédéric Debruyne   © Frédéric Debruyne   © Frédéric Debruyne   © Frédéric Debruyne   © Frederick Vandentorren   © Frederick Vandentorren   © Frederick Vandentorren   © Frederick Vandentorren   © Frederick Vandentorren   © Frederick Vandentorren   © Frederick Vandentorren   © Frederick Vandentorren   © Frederick Vandentorren   © Frederick Vandentorren Previous Next The Mk XIV was the most important of the Griffon powered Spitfires, and the only one to see significant wartime service. This one was delivered to the Royal Air Force in January 1945…
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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.LFVb EP120, G-LFVB

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.LFVb EP120, G-LFVB

  © Jean-Pierre Touzeau   © Jean-Pierre Touzeau   © Jean-Pierre Touzeau   © Jean-Pierre Touzeau   © Jean-Pierre Touzeau Previous Next     © The Fighter Collection   © The Fighter Collection   © The Fighter Collection   © The Fighter Collection   © The Fighter Collection   © The Fighter Collection   © The Fighter Collection   © The Fighter Collection Previous Next EP120 is one of a batch of 905 Spitfire Mk.V’s built at Castle Bromwich as an addition to Contract No. B981687/39 and was delivered to 45 MU at Kinloss on 23rd May 1942, followed by No.…
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HAWKER HURRICANE MK I, G-ROBT

HAWKER HURRICANE MK I, G-ROBT

© John Dibbs© Darren Harbar© Darren Harbar© Darren Harbar© Darren Harbar© Darren Harbar© Darren Harbar© John Dibbs© John Dibbs© John Dibbs© John Dibbs© John DibbsKenneth Mc GlashamOn the beach at DunkirkRecovery Previous Next A very special Hurricane at AIR LEGEND!Operation 'Dynamo', i.e. the evacuation of the soldiers encircled in the Dunkirk pocket, took place under air cover by the RAF fighters.This one had only 8 hours of flight time when it was shot down whilst patrolling over the beaches.Its pilot, Kenneth Mc Glasham, was wounded but made it after a forced landing near the shoreline.The aircraft disappeared in the sand,…
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TF-51D “Contrary Mary”, G-TFSI

TF-51D “Contrary Mary”, G-TFSI

  TF-51D “Contrary Mary”, G-TFSI   TF-51D “Contrary Mary”, G-TFSI   TF-51D “Contrary Mary”, G-TFSI   TF-51D “Contrary Mary”, G-TFSI   TF-51D “Contrary Mary”, G-TFSI   TF-51D “Contrary Mary”, G-TFSI   TF-51D “Contrary Mary”, G-TFSI   TF-51D “Contrary Mary”, G-TFSI Previous Next Established in 1942 the 83rd Fighter Squadron was initially equipped with P-38 Lightning’s and assigned to RAF Goxhill before moving to its permanent home at RAF Duxford. The primary mission was the long range escort of B-17 and B-24 bombers over occupied Europe. In mid- 1943 the squadron along with the rest of the 78FG replaced their P-38’s…
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HAWKER FURY FB MKII « BAGHDAD FURY », OO-ISS

HAWKER FURY FB MKII « BAGHDAD FURY », OO-ISS

© Jean-Pierre Touzeau© Jean-Pierre Touzeau© Jean-Pierre Touzeau Previous Next The Hawker Fury is a single-engine single-seat bomber manufactured by the British manufacturer Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Ltd. This land variant was produced for the Iraqi Air Force, also known as the Baghdad Fury.
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