The Korean War was the first armed struggle in history in which the jet fighter aircraft were extensively used in combat. Although they had seen combat action for the first time at the end of World War II, these jet fighters had flaws and were used in limited numbers, as they were still being tested [...]

The Avrò Anson was a three-seat reconnaissance aircraft used by the RAF during World War II. It made its first flight in March 1935, entering service with No. 48 Squadron in March 1936. The Anson was a two-engine, low-winged monoplane with retractable landing gear. At the outbreak of war, the Anson formed the bulk of [...]

The Breda Ba.88 Lince was an Italian, two-engine, ground attack aircraft used during World War II. Developed by the Italian firm Ernesto Breda, the prototype first flew in 1936, breaking two speed-over-distance records the following year. The Ba.88 entered service with the Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Air Force) in 1938 and first saw combat action [...]

At the outbreak of World War II, the Allied countries lacked aircraft effectively adapted or designed to the ground attack role, such as the German Junkers Ju 87, Stuka, which had already been tested during the Spanish Civil War. As a continuation of the "trench fighter" concept of World War I, most Allied fighter aircraft [...]

The Bristol Beaufort was a British four-seat torpedo bomber used by the RAF during World War II. It performed its first flight in October 1938 and entered service in December 1939. The Beaufort first saw combat action in 1940, carrying out anti-shipping operations over the North Sea. Beauforts equipped six Coastal Command squadrons in the [...]

In order to keep her supply lines flowing from America, the United Kingdom was perhaps the nation that most needed anti-shipping aircraft in World War II. Her lifelines were critically vulnerable to attack from surface raider, submarine and aircraft alike. Yet all responsibility for defense against this threat was, as it had been for centuries, [...]