Spitfires

Spitfire units took part in the air fighting that day, destroying at least 32 German fighters for the loss of 13 Spitfires. Of these, seven were shot down in aerial combat, the remainder were strafed on the ground.

The Spitfire, renowned for winning victory laurels in the Battle of Britain (1940–41) along with the Hawker Hurricane, served in every theatre of the war and was produced in more variants than any other British aircraft. Supermarine Spitfire, Britain’s premier fighter plane from 1938 through World War II.

Similar to the case of the Hurricane the Spitfire was superior to the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter in a dogfight, since it had considerably better turning ability than its German arch rival. Example: The Spitfire turns as tightly to the left as possible which is more tightly, than the German Me 109 is able to do.

Back when production of the Spitfire was underway it cost an average of £12,604 for each aircraft. Today that would equate to just under £800,000 for each Spitfire produced. This is more expensive than the RAF’s other high-performance fighter – the Hurricane.

The 10 Deadliest Planes of World War II

• Nakajima B5N.
• Vought F4U Corsair.
• Supermarine Spitfire.
• Messerschmitt Bf 109.
• Lockheed P-38 Lightning. Plane Type: Fighter-Bomber.
• P-51 Mustang. Plane Type: Fighter, Ground Attack Fighter-Bomber.
• Republic P-47D Thunderbolt. Plane Type: Fighter.
• Junkers Ju 87 Stuka. Plane Type: Dive Bomber.

Messerschmitt Me 262 By far the most common jet of the war was the Me 262, widely recognized as the most successful early jet in history.

Major Richard Bong, U.S. Army Air Forces During WWII he was the recipient of various congratulatory gifts from military elite, including a case of Scotch from WWI Ace Eddie Rickenbacker, when he beat Rickenbacker’s record of 26 kills.

They have little pee bags containing a material that absorbs urine. They just pee in the them and stick them to the side. Or, they can wear adult diapers. That’s what Astronauts do.

Erich Alfred Hartmann

Official IGC Pilot Ranking List

The United States of America maintains the strongest Air Force in the world by an impressive margin. As of 2020, the United States Air Force (USAF) is composed of 13,264 aircraft and employs a total personnel of over 462,000.

Top 10 All-Time Great Pilots In History

• Amelia Earhart.
• Baron Manfred Von Richthoven.
• General James H.
• Noel Wien.
• Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger.
• General Charles E. Yeager.
• Erich Hartmann. Like many pilots on our list, Erich Hartmann became famous as a fighter pilot during World War II.
• Robert A. Hoover.

Erich Hartmann

How much does a Air Force Fighter Pilot at US Air Force make? The typical US Air Force Air Force Fighter Pilot salary is $121,037. Air Force Fighter Pilot salaries at US Air Force can range from $85,213 – $130,666.

66 Tuskegee

Officially designated the “Liberator,” the square shaped B-24 could easily turn into a death trap. It was hard to fly with its stiff and heavy controls, and so earned its name by its crews as the “Flying Coffin.”

Of the 19,256 B-24, PB4Y, LB-30 and other model variants in the Liberator family produced, thirteen complete examples survive today, two of which are airworthy. Eight of the thirteen aircraft reside in the United States.

Consolidated Liberator

The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter was fast, beautiful, and a death trap, earning the “flying coffin” nickname while suffering over thirty mishaps per 100000 flight hours (it was also known as the “Missile with a Man in It”).

The officer said: It is not possible to upgrade the capacity that the jet can carry. In the last few decades, the image of MiG-21 fighter jets has received a lot of shock due to its accidents and the casualties of pilots. This is the reason why it is being called “Flying Coffin”, ie a coffin floating in the air.

Along with the B-17, the B-24 was the mainstay of the US strategic bombing campaign in the Western European theater. Due to its range, it proved useful in bombing operations in the Pacific, including the bombing of Japan.

The B-17 had a very large wing and ailerons (the moveable portion of the wing), while the B-24 used a smaller wing and ailerons for speed. Thus, the Liberator was faster, but the Flying Fortress could fly higher. Typical approach landing speeds for both planes, using full wing flaps was 120 miles per hour.

Today, 46 planes survive in complete form, 10 of which are airworthy, and 39 of which reside in the United States.

The world’s only fully restored and flying consolidated B-24J Liberator is back in the skies after an absence of twenty years. The B-24 fought for our freedom in the skies of Europe and the Pacific through the use of strategic bombing during the Second World War.

Over the course of the war, B-29s flew 20,000 sorties and dropped 200,000 tonnes (180,000 tons) of bombs. B-29 gunners were credited with shooting down 27 enemy aircraft. In turn 78 B-29 were lost; 57 B-29 and reconnaissance variants were lost in action and 21 were non-combat losses.

It is a mixture of human biowaste and liquid disinfectant that freezes at high altitude. Airlines are not allowed to dump their waste tanks in mid-flight, and pilots have no mechanism by which to do so; however, leaks sometimes do occur.

B-29s were developed while World War II was in progress and only used near the end of the war in the Pacific theater. They were not available for use in the European theater before the air war there was essentially completed.

Only 90 of 99 planned B-52s sorties were effective and six BUFFs were shot down. Two Gs and one D were lost in the first wave and an identical number were downed in the third wave. Three were struck prior to bomb release and three afterward; four went down near Hanoi while two made it out of North Vietnam.