Schaal | 1:72 |
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Schaal | 1:72 |
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Fabrikant | Airfix |
The Mosquito was one of the RAF’s most powerful and fastest bombers during the Second World War and was built in a total of 5,500 units until 1945. The lightweight aircraft owes its success to the special materials used, with wood being used instead of aluminium for the basic structure and exterior coating. The prototype flew on 25 November 1940, after which the Wooden Miracle went into series production. The Mosquito flew away from all German fighter planes. When Reichsmarschall Gƶring organised a parade on 31.1. 1943 in
The Hawker Hurricane achieved its greatest successes in 1940 in the Battle of Britain and was active in all theatres of war. Heavily armed with 20 mm cannon the Mk IIC version could also be equipped with bombs and auxiliary tanks. In total over 4,700 of the Mk IIC were built.
By the end of the first year of the war the German Luftwaffe command must already have known that the Junkers Ju 87B was not longer capable of meeting the requirements in many respects. The gradual improvement in the ground defences and the increasing use combat aircraft during the war led to the transformation of the Ju 87 into a fighter-bomber. The D version received a more powerful engine, new aerodynamic fairing and stronger armour. Its new role was now primarily that of ground attack, including anti-tank warfare with a 37 mm cannon. In the spring of 1944 the work of converting the Ju 87 D-3 into tank destroyer types G-1 and G-2 finally began.