“Long lines of American built Corsairs, ready for dispatch to the British Naval Air Arm, wherever they require them. Norfolk, Va.”
(IWM: A 26717)
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc/Vb A widely used aircraft over Italy in war days. They were modified from the Spitfire Mk Va, and were able to hold from 20mm to 40mm cannons.
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The Kawasaki Ki 61 Hien (飛燕 “flying swallow”, for Allies “Tony”) was a Japanese fighter used from 1942 until 1945, it had 12 variants and most of them include armament changes.
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Yaklovev Yak-9, the most widely used plane by the Soviet at WWII, reaching almost 20 variants of the same, which included several cannon sizes, engine enhancements and model modifications.
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The Bristol Beaufighter, a heavy fighter variant of the Beaufort bomber, saw combat as night fighter, torpedo attacker, and ground attack plane, working until end of the war days, and succesfully having 18 variants.
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The Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 was a Russian fighter that worked from 1941 to 1942, and had 67 variants.
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Lt. Terrats and his P-51C, 503rd Fighter Squadron. He was shot down 2 March 1945 while flying this aircraft.
Note the dorsal fin extension, standardized on the P-51D and retrofitted to older aircraft.
Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero, Fighter that saw combat from 1940 until 1945.
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Soviet fighter LaGG-3 series 11 with drop tanks and reactive missiles RS-82
Soviet MiG-3 with rockets RS-82 on the front-line airfield
Soviet attack aircraft Il-2 early version with guide RS-132 under the wings
Soviet fighter Yak-1 in the winter version installed PU RS-82
A formation of P-38 Lightning aircraft of the 20th Fighter Group over France, June 1944. http://bit.ly/2xyfSQx
