2. spitfire
v The spitfire was manufactured by super
marine and the designer was
R.J.Mitchell.
v During the Battle of Britain , the Spitfire
was perceived by the public as the
RAF fighter of the battle, though the
more numerous Hawker Hurricane
shouldered a greater proportion of the
burden against the Luftwaffe. The
Spitfire units had a lower attrition
rate and a higher victory-to-loss
ratio than those flying Hurricanes.
v User: R.A.F
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3. Hawker Hurricane mk.1
v TOP SPEED: 324mph.
v WEPONS: 8x .303 machine guns.
v Manufactured by Hawker
aircraft, Gloster aircraft
company, Canadian car and
foundry, and Austin motor
company.
v Designer Sydney Camm.
v User: R.A.F
4. Avro Lancaster
v Top speed:846mph
v The Avro Lancaster is a British four-
engine Second World War heavy
bomber designed and built by Avro for
the Royal Air Force (RAF). It first saw
active service with RAF Bomber
Command in 1942 and, as the
strategic bombing offensive over
Europe gathered momentum, it
became the main heavy bomber used
by the RAF, the RCAF, and squadrons
from other Commonwealth and
European countries serving within the
RAF, overshadowing its close
contemporaries the Handley Page
Halifax and Short Stirling.[1] The
"Lanc", as it was affectionately
known,[2] thus became the most
famous and most successful of the
Second World War night bombers,
"delivering 608,612 long tons of
bombs in 156,000 sorties
5. Junkers ju 87
v The Junkers ju 87 is a dive
bomber which made them
drop their bombs
accurately on the targets
such as industrial cities
and R.A.F air field's.
6. Dornier Do 17
v The Dornier Do 17, sometimes
referred to as the Fliegender
Bleistift (German: "flying pencil"),
was a World War II German light
bomber produced by Claudius
Dornier's company, Dornier
Flugzeugwerke. It was designed as
a Schnellbomber ("fast bomber"), a
light bomber which, in theory,
would be so fast that it could
outrun defending fighter aircraft.
7. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
v The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a
four-engine heavy bomber aircraft
developed in the 1930s for the
United States Army Air Corps
(USAAC). Competing against
Douglas and Martin for a contract
to build 200 bombers, the Boeing
entry outperformed both
competitors and more than met
the Air Corps' expectations.
Although Boeing lost the contract
because the prototype crashed, the
Air Corps was so impressed with
Boeing's design that they ordered
13 more B-17s for further
evaluation.
8. B-29 Super Fortress
v The B-29 Super fortress is a four-
engine propeller-driven heavy
bomber designed by Boeing that
was flown primarily by the
United States toward the end of
World War II and during the
Korean War. It was one of the
largest aircraft to see service in
World War II and a very
advanced bomber for its time,
with features such as a
pressurized cabin, an electronic
fire-control system, and remote-
controlled machine-gun turrets.