de Havilland Vampire FB.5/FB.9 One TurretAlthough historically in the shadow of the Gloster Meteor, the de Havilland Vampire may have been the second jet fighter to enter Royal Air Force service, but was a hugely significant aircraft in its own right. The first RAF aircraft capable of exceeding 500mph, the Vampire was also the first single engined jet powered aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean, marking it as one of the most important of the world's early jets. The FB. 5 fighter bomber was
highlighting the fact that they were far from finished
8 was both the final single seat fighter variant of the Meteor and the most heavily produced
capable of carrying the 40mm guns
The PAK 40 formed the backbone of the German anti-tank gun forces throughout the latter part of the Second World War
entering service in 1978 as a replacement for the Westland Whirlwind HAR
to utilise a second HQ Ferret to relay messages back
something which can only have endeared the aircraft to its crews still further
she is now preserved and anchored in the River Thames near to Tower Bridge in London
and over 4000 tractor engines for the U
turboprop-powered anti-submarine hunter-killer
The P-51B/C was armed with four 12
it was capable of towing up to five fully loaded M5 bomb trailers
