The fighter aircraft was never more important than it was during the global calamity that began in 1939. However, at this time of need, the fighter types available were pretty limited to say the least ...

It is the most numerous military aircraft ever produced and the second largest number of all types, including civil, ...

Air power may have proved lethally effective during the First World War, but the technology was still in its infancy. By 1939, however, European air forces as well as North American and Asian powers ...

In the First World War, fighter aircraft typically had only two light machine guns. By the Second World War, the firepower available to combat aircraft had increased dramatically. An arsenal of ...