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Re-printed! Sepecat Jaguar A Part 2 : 11-ES n'A157, Toul-Rosiƒ"res June 1991,18 bombing missons and 3 missiles AS 30L fired during the Gulf War; 11-RJ n'A135, Toul-Rosiƒ"res seen with an AS 37 missile during a detachment in Bangui (Central African Republic) in august 1986; 3-XJ n'A16, Nancy-Ochey seen in flight over Chad, early 1987; 11-RK n'A149, Toul-Rosiƒ"res seen at Nellis AFB (USA) during a Red Flag exercise in March 1990 with a four-tone camouflage & 11-YH n'A96 Bordeaux-M'rignac 07/1992 (special scheme 'Serpentaire' for the disbandment of 4/11 'Jura')

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Supermarine Seafires Pt:1 Seafire LF.III NF605 P 803 Sqn RCN 1945 Seafire Mk.IIc LR647 R 808 NAS FAA RNAS Burscough 1943 Seafire Mk.III RX347 Y-3A 759 NAS FAA RNAS Yeovilton 1946 Seafire 17 SW847 A Flight FCCRU FAA 799 NAS FAA RNAS Lee-on-Solent 1946

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Douglas Boston/Havoc Night Fighters 1. Havoc NF Mk.I Pandora, BT465, F/Lt.Burke, Sgt. Litnhune/Sgt. Southall, No.93 Sq. RAF 2. Havoc NF Mk.I, BJ461, Sgt Gray/Sgt Franklin, P/O Goodman/Sgt Gregory, No.85 Sq. RAF 3. Havoc NF Mk.I, AW396, No.771 NAS FAA 4. Havoc NF Mk.II, AH520, W/Cdr. "Scruffy' Sanders/P/O Austin, No.85 Sq. RAF 5. Havoc NF Mk.II, AH518, S/Ldr VeselƒÆ'é½, ECAF (Empire Central Flying School) 6. Havoc NF Mk.II, AH???, Sgt Clunes/Sgt Bray, No.85 Sq. RAF 7. Havoc NF Mk.II, AH523 or AH528, W/Cdr Raphael/W/O Addison, No.85 Sq. RAF 8. Havoc NF Mk.II, AH507, No.771 NAS FAA 9. Boston Mk.III Turbinlite, W8346, No.1458 Flight 10. Boston Mk.III Turbinlite, W8336, No.771 NAS FAA

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Super Lynx (Brazil / Portugal / England) Westland Super Lynx HAS.2 Version 1 Westland SAH-11 Super Lynx - HA-1 - Esq. Lince BAeNSPA - S. Pedro D'Aldeia Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - 1979 version 2 Westland Mk.21A Super Lynx HA-1 - Esq. Lince BAeNSPA - S. Pedro D'Aldeia Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - 2010 version 3 Westland Mk 95 Super Lynx N.R.P. ƒÆ'élvares Cabral Ocean Shield Operation Montijo - Portugal - 2009 version 4 Westland Lynx HAS 2 Royal Navy 702 nd. Squadrom RNAS Yeovilton - UK - 1979 version 5 Westland HAS.21 Super Lynx HA-1 - Esq. Lince BAeNSPA - S. Pedro D'Aldeia Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - 1986 version 6 Westland Mk.21A Super Lynx HA-1 - Esq. Lince BAeNSPA - S. Pedro D'Aldeia Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - 2002 version 7 Westland Mk 95 Super Lynx N.R.P. ƒÆ'élvares Cabral ' Garfield' flight Montijo - Portugal - 2016

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Martin B-26B Marauders. 42-96205/KX-N Hamilton 'Hey' Maker II 558th BS/387th BG Chipping Ongar 1944 - B-26B-45-MA 42-95808/O8-C Idiot's Delight 575th BS/391st BG [Martin B-26B-55-MA Marauders .]

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Royal Navy: Westland HR.3 & HR.5 DRAGONFLY - H.M.S. Eagle Flight, RNAS Eglinton, Culdrose & Yeovilton Flights, Hal Far SAR Flight, 705 & 728 NAS. Royal Navy: D.H.82 TIGER MOTH - RNAS Culdrose & RNAS Yeovilton Station Flights, Britannia Royal Naval College. Armĩe de l'Air: Avro ANSON Mk.I - GADC I/16 'Artois', Fes ERN (Morocco). Aĩronautique Navale: Avro ANSON Mk.I - Escadrille de Servitude 50S.

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Royal Navy: Westland WESSEX HAS.1 - 700H NAS Flight, 737 NAS, 771 NAS, 814 NAS, 819 NAS, 845 NAS & RNAS Yeovilton Station Flight. ? Armĩe de l'Air: SNCASE SE535 MISTRAL - EC 1/6 'Oranie', EC 2/6 'Normandie-Niĩmen', EC 1/7 'Provence', EC 1/8 'Magrhreb', ġcole de l'Air, SEAT (Service Avions Tĩlĩpilotĩs). ?

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Douglas C-74 Globemaster By Nicholas M. Williams, 104 pages (88 in b&w, 16 in color), 141 b&w photos, 35 color photos, 22 illustrations. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 brought U.S. Army Air Corps strategists to the realization that a new global transport was needed to carry large loads over great distances. The Douglas Aircraft Company in Santa Monica, California, also quickly saw this need and design studies were begun immediately on an expanded version of the company's DC-4. The "C-74 Project Group" adopted a design philosophy to produce a "no frills" transport able to accommodate at least two of the Army's T-9 tanks, two 105mm Howitzers, or two angle dozers. Douglas contacted the Air Corps early in 1942 to determine their interest and a letter of intent was issued in March 1942 for procurement of the Model 415A, now designated the C-74. A contract of over $50 million was signed in June 1942 for fifty airplanes. To speed its delivery to operational units, the C-74 was designed to be released without the benefits of an experimental or prototype model, all aircraft being designated as C-74s with design features following conventional "state-of-the-art" practice. Originally, powered by Wright R-3350 engines, a decision was made in March 1943 to switch to the new, mammoth Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major. The first C-74 was rolled out in July 1945 from the Douglas Long Beach factory. At rollout, the C-74 was the largest land-based transport in the world with a wingspan of 173 feet, length of 124 feet, and gross weight of 145,000 pounds. Able to carry 125 passengers, the C-74 was called the Globemaster as its 11,100-gallons of internal fuel gave it a maximum range of over 7,000 miles, enabling it to circumnavigate the world with only two refueling stops. In its final form, the C-74 was a remarkably efficient airplane, using a semi-laminar flow airfoil for its wings with a full-span flap arrangement. The pilots were enclosed by two teardrop-shaped, double-bubble canopies that provided them with a 360-degree view. Douglas had every intention of adapting the C-74 into a civil airliner once hostilities had ended. In 1944 Pan American World Airways ordered 26 examples of the civil version, the DC-7, for a route expansion program into Latin America. However, further development of this DC-7 design increased its gross weight to 162,000 pounds and the unit cost to $1.4 million and Pan American cancelled its order in October 1945, opting for smaller transports. The first C-74, 42-65402, made its maiden flight from Long Beach in September 1945, but with the end of World War II, most of the C-74 production order was cancelled and only 14 Globemasters were built. Unfortunately, during contractor demonstration flights the second Globemaster crashed. The fourth C-74 was subsequently diverted for static tests and its components tested to destruction at Wright Field, Ohio. Beginning in September 1946, the remaining twelve C-74s were flown for the next nine years by the Army Air Forces' Air Transport Command and the U.S. Air Force's Military Air Transport Service. Once in service, the C-74 Globemaster, based first in Memphis, Tennessee, then Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, Florida, finally at Brookley AFB, Mobile, Alabama, set many records for tonnage carried. In November 1949, a C-74 flew the Atlantic to England with a record 103 passengers aboard. One Globemaster set several records during the Berlin Airlift, averaging over 38,000 pounds of cargo and setting a new Airlift Task Force utilization record by flying 20 hours in a 24-hour period. Until one C-74 was converted to the prototype C-124A and the Globemaster II became available, the C-74 was the only Air Force transport capable of carrying outsized cargo. After the C-74's retirement from service in 1955, several were purchased surplus and began flying for a contract air carrier, Aeronaves de Panama, hauling prize cattle from Denmark to the Middle East, horses to Singapore, and ships' parts and vegetables throughout Europe. Unfortunately, after the tragic crash in 1963 of one C-74 in Marseilles, France, the airline suspended operations and its C-74s eventually were scrapped. Today, no examples of this record-setting transport exist. This monograph of the C-74 Globemaster is written by Nick Williams, an award-winning author of over two dozen articles published in the Journal of the American Aviation Historical Society and publications in the U.K. Nick has written two previous books in Steve Ginter's Naval Fighters series as well as his 1999 book published in the U.K., "Aircraft of The Military Air Transport Service 1948-1966". His new book on the C-74 is the result of nearly fifty years of research, containing comments from several of the C-74's engineers as well as former Douglas and Air Force pilots.

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Gloster Gladiator Part 1 1. Gladiator Mk.l (K8027) was assigned to No 87 Sguadron,Royal Air Force (RAF) at Debden, England in October of 1937. 2. Gloster Gladiator Mk.l K6145, of No 3 (F) Squadron, Kenley, 1937. 3. Gloster Gladiator Mk.l L7612, No33 Squadron, Ismalia, May 1938. 4. Gloster Gladiator Mk.ll, GK-Z No 80 Squadron, Egypt 1940 Dark Earth and Dark Green upper surfaces. Black and White undersides of fuselage and lower wings only. Note attempt to tone down earlier 'bright' colours on fuselage roundel. 5. Gloster Gladiator Mk.ll, HE-K No 263 Squadron, Norway, Spring 1940. Dark Green and m/s/grey upper surfaces ; Sky Grey undersides. 6. Gloster Gladiator Mk.ll, N2309:B, No1401 (Met) Flight at Bircham Newton, late 1942. Ocean Grey and Dark Green upper surfaces; m/s/grey undersurfaces. 7. Gloster Sea Gladiator Mk.l, N5567:6-C, No 813 Squadron, H.M.S. Eagle, Mediterranean, 1940. Standard FAA scheme of Extra Dark Sea Grey and Dark Slate Grey. 8. Gloster Sea Gladiator Mk.l, N5502:135, No 801 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, onboard H.M.S. Courageous, early 1939. Standard 'silver' scheme. Bright Blue fuselage band; standard roundels in four wing positions;spinner is white. 9. Gloster Sea Gladiator N5524, No 261 Squadron, Luqa, Malta, January 1941. Dark Green and Dark Earth upper surfaces; Sky undersides. 10. Gladiator ll L9044 of No 3 Sqn RAAF, flown by Flg Off Peter Turnbull, Martuba, Libya, 25 January 1941. 11. Gladiator ll N5852 of No 1 Sqn SAAF, flown by Capt B J L Boyle Azzoza, Eritrea, October 1940. 12. Sea Gladiator N2272 of 804 NAS, flown by Sub Lt J W Sleigh, Hatston, Orkney, July 1940. http://www.internetmodeler.com/scalemodels/nraviation/Print-Scale-1-72-Gloster-Gladiator-Decals.php

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Curtiss P-40N Warhawk 1. P-40N, 7th Fighter Squadron (49th Fighter Group), Gusap, New Guinea, 1943. The leading edges were white as was the tail. Flown by Major Arland Stanton, seven kills of which three with this P-40N. 2. P-40N, serial number 42-23736 from a non-identified training unit in the USA, 1943. 3. P-40N, 18th Fighter Squadron (51 st Fighter Group) China, summer 1944, flown by 1st Lt Carl E. Harby. 4. P-40N, 8th Fighter Squadron (49th Fighter Group), Mailian, New Guinea, end of 1943, flown by Capt. Robert H. Wright. The white for the theatre of operations has been transferred to the leading edges of the wings. 5. P-40N, 8th Fighter Squadron (49th Fighter Group), Gusap, June 1944. Flown by Lt. Marion Felts. This plane had its original olive drab removed after an accident and subsequent repairs; it only kept the yellow 45 on the green background. the tail is white which continues under the American roundel for better visibility. 6. P-40N, 7th Fighter Squadron (3rd Fighter Group), Laohow, China, January 1945, flown by Wang Kuang Fu, a veteran of C.L. Chennault's American Voluneer Group, and an ace of the Chinese Air Force, with 6.5 victories. 7. P-40N, P-11249, 8th Fighter Squadron (3rd Fighter Group), Liangshan, China, Raymond L. Callaway, six confirmed kills, one probablle and one aircraft damage. 8. P-40N, 89th Fighter Squadron (80th Fighter Group) Assam, India 1944. 9. P-40N, 8th Fighter Squadron (49th Fighter Group) Kalamazoo, Guadalcanal, in 1943, flown by Ernie Harris, unit commander, 10 kills on P-40 and the first ace in the Pacific to reach this score on this type of machine. 10. P-40N, 7th Fighter Squadron (49th Fighter Group) New Guinea 1943. 11. Curtiss P-40N Warhawk Kittyhawk Mk.lV, No 122 Squadron RAF, flown by Flight Sergeant G.F. Davis Cutella, Italy, April 1944.

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Sukhoi Su-17/Su-20/Su-22 Part 2 1. Su-22M4 Serial: 25+07. This a/c received this striking colour scheme for participation in a NATO Tiger Meet. 2. Su-17 Serial: 53. The Su-17 Fitter C of a Soviet Air Operation Training Unit. Fitter Cs in Soviet service were normally left in a Natural Metal finish. 3. Su-17M Unit: Aviation of the Pacific Fleet. Serial: 61 Circa 1976. The a/c in three-tone camouflage. 4. Su-17M Serial: 05. This Su-17M fighter-bomber of a Soviet Tactical Aviation regiment wore two-tone camouflage introduced after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. 5. Su-20 Unit: Erprobungsstelle 61. Serial: 98+61. One of two ex-Egyptian Fitter Cs purchased by the West German Air Force for evaluation flights by. Erprobungsstelle 61 at Manching Air Base near Munich during 1985-1986.

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Tupolev SB/B.71 Part-3/ 72-295 / 1. The ex-Czech B.71A, TB+PK in German markings, serving as a target tug plane in training unit, Germany,1940 2. The ex-Czech B.71A, SE+FX, used by the Luftdienstkommando, summer of 1941 3. Avia B.71 of the 66th Letka (Flight) of the II perut (Squadron), 1st Mixed Regiment, taken over by the Germans in summer 1939. 4. Ex-Czech B.71 of 1st Orliak (Squadron), 5th Regiment of Bulgarian air force, and the unit emblem, painted on the fuselage, behind the nose gunner position 5. SB-2M-100A fuselage number VP-8 (later chaged to SB-8) of the 2/LeLv 6, Nummela, summer of 1941. The Finns captured this airplane during the Winter War. Note three Soviet ship silhouettes painted on the rudder to represent ships sunk on July 10, 25 and August 24, 1941. 6. Late series SB-2M-103, fuselage number SB-11 of the 2/LeLv 6, Malmi, summer of 1942. This aircraft was given over to Finland on November 5, 1941, and served in 2/LeLv 6 as of June 22, 1942. On September 24, 1942, just after take off, the elevator jammed and aircraft crashed in the woods. In the subsequent fire depth-charges detonated and all crew members died. The submarine silhouette on the rubber represents one Soviet boat claimed by the crew. 7. Late series SB-2M-103 fuselage number SB-13 of the 2/LeLv 6, Immola, winter of 1942/43. This airplane was given over to Finland on November 5, 1941, and served in 2/LeLv 6 as of August 15, 1942. It is shown in winter camouflage 8. Late series SB-2M-103 fuselage number SB-19 of the 1/LeLv 6, Turku, spring-summer 1943. This airplane was given over to Finland in April of 1942. 9. Avia B.71 (K3) of the 72nd letka (Flight) of the l perut (Squadron), 6th Bomber Regiment, Prague, autumn of 1938 10. Avia B.71. Unit: Vzdusne zbrane. Serial: V-3 (ex V-3/B.71-19). This airplane was assigned to the Vzdusne zbrane (Slovak Air Arm) in 1939. Additional Antennae mounted ob the upper and lower fuselage were for German radio equipment installed on the aircraft. Sergeant Anton Vanko and four colleagues defected to Turkey in this B.71 on 18th April 1943 11. SB-2M-103. This SB-2 was used by Chinese Central Government, former Kuomintang plane.

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Royal Navy Hawker Hunter 1. Hawker hunter T. Mk.8 XL 580:719 VL of the Air Direction Training Unit, FAA., Yeovilton, September 1970. 2. Hawker hunter T.8 XF 289:738 VL , of Heron Station Flight, Yeovilton, September 1972. 3. Hawker hunter T. Mk 8 C XF 985:811 BY , of 759 Squadron FAA, Brawdy, in the late 1960s. 4. Hawker hunter T. Mk 8 XF 357:634 LM , of 738 Squadron FAA, Lossiemouth, September 1962. 5. Hawker hunter T. Mk 8 XL 584. Flag Office Flying Training, 1967 Also known as the Admiral's Barge' XL 584 was painted in a Roundel Blue over White scheme. Note Rear Admiral's pennant on nose in red and white. 6. Hawker Hunter T.8 WT 772, FRADU, 1975 Light Aircraft Grey overall with areas of Fluorescent Orange-Red (DayGlo). Note Harley light ins.

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Hawker Sea Hurricane 1. Sea Hurricane Mk.XII. Unit: 800 Sqn, FAA. Serial: Js327. Canadian-built Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk. XII, wearing US insignia though with the British Royal Navy. It served in No. 800 Sqn. of the Fleet Air Arm, and was in US markings for Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa, in 1942. 2. Sea Hurricane Mk.IIb. Unit: 880 Sqn, FAA. Serial: 7-F (AF966) H.M.S. Indomitable, Indian ocean, May-June 1942. Operation Ironclad - invasion to Madagascar. 3. Sea Hurricane Mk.Ib. Unit: 801 NAS, FAA. Serial: F (Z7153). H.M.S. Eagle. Operation Pedestal. 4. Sea Hurricane Mk.I. Unit: 800 NAS, FAA. Serial: M (P3114). Royal Navy Air Station Gosport training unit, February 1940. 5. Sea Hurricane Mk.IIb. Unit: 768 NAS, FAA. Serial: M2-K. Macrihanish, August 1943. 6. Sea Hurricane Mk.Ib. Unit: 801 NAS, FAA. Serial: 7H (V7077). This aircraft was piloted by Sub-Lt.Hutton of FAA (Fleet Air Arm) 801st Squadron operating from H.M.S. Victorious flight-deck. Operation 'Pedestal' (Malta Island fuel and ammunition supply, 'Battle of Malta'), August 1942. 7. Sea Hurricane Mk.IIc "Nicki" Unit: 835 NAS, FAA. Code: 7-K. H.M.S. Nairana, June 1944. With this plane, Sub-Lieutenant A.R.Burgham claimed a Ju.290 May 26th, 1944. It is probable that the insignia was only carried on the right side. Contrary to the land based planes, the embarked aircraft often presented their decorations on the right side, the one visible from the 'castle' of the aircraft carrier. 8. Sea Hurricane Mk.IIb. Unit: 800 Sqn, FAA Serial: 7-C (P5206). Pilot - Sub-Lt.A.J.Thompson. H.M.S. Indomitable, Operation 'Pedestal', August 1942. 9. Sea Hurricane Mk.Ia. Unit: 760 NAS, FAA. Serial: W9-D (Z4822). Yeovilton, August 1942. 10. Sea Hurricane Mk.IIc. Unit: 768 NAS, FAA. Serial: K1-F (Nf728). Inskip, December 1944. 11. Sea Hurricane Mk.IIc. Unit: 825 Sqn, FAA. Serial: G (NF668) D15 H.M.S. Vindex, March 1944.

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SPAD S.XIII 1. SPAD S.XIII S.4523. Captain Edward V Rickenbacker ?O, 94th Aero Squadron USAS. Summer 1918. Source: Aircam SPAD Scouts S.VII-XIII 2. SPAD Xlll, No. S18869, pilot Jacques Michael Swaab, 22 Aero Sqn, winter 1918-1919. 3. SPAD Xlll, No. S7689. Arthur Raymond Brooks. Recommended for Medal of Honor, downgraded to Distinguished Service Cross. His ACTUAL AIRCRAFT from WWI ("SMITH IV") is on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. 4. SPAD Xlll S7522 of 1Lt Martinus Stenseth 28th Aero Squadron, October 1918. 5. SPAD S.XIII S.7714. Captain Robert Soubiran CO, 103rd Aero Squadron USAS November 1918. Source: via GVW. 6. SPAD S.XIII S.4606. 1/Lt Raymond 'Jerry' Seevers CO, A Flight 139th. Aero Squadron USAS Postwar. Source: OTF 7/2.

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Westland Whirlwind (17) HAR.2 XJ430; XJ424 22 Sqn m/s/grey/white; XN127 Queens Flight Royal Blue/Aluminium; XJ760/K; XJ432/B; XJ763; all 22 Sqn; XJ437; XJ409 all overall yellow. 228Sqn; HC4 XJ421/T 155Sqn Malaya; HAR10 XR458/E 28Sqn Kai Tak; XD184 84Sqn Cyprus; XP395 22 Sqn Manston; XJ729 202 Sqn; XP398 84Sqn Cyprus; XP330/Z 230Sqn WitteringXP360 W-V CFS Ternhill

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Vought F4U-1 Corsair USMC VMF-213 Guadalcanal 1943 (4) No 11 'Defab'; No 10 'Gus's Gopher'; No 20 'Eagle'; No 8 'Dangerous Dan'. all two tone scheme blue-grey/light gull grey

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RNZAF North-American P-51D Mustangs, Wellington Canterbury and Otago Squadrons and civilian 'Mobil' Mustang. Six options. P-51D Mustang ZK-CCG was ex RNZAF Mustang NZ2417. It was sponsored by Mobil Oil from late 1964 until 1968. Initially the aircraft's all white colour scheme included Mobil's "winged horse" based logo and later the more modern plain "Mobil" signage. NZ2423, No.2 (Wellington) Squadron, 1955. This aircraft made the last RNZAF Mustang flight from Ohakea to Woodbourne on 30 May 1957 and is currently being restored by its current owners. NZ2430, No.4 (Otago) Squadron, 1955. NZ2417 of No.3 (Canterbury) Squadron, which later flew as the civilian 'Mobil' Mustang. NZ2427 of No.3 (Canterbury) Squadron.

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Douglas C-54/R5D Skymaster and DC-4 The Douglas C-54 Skymaster, a direct adaptation of the civilian DC-4 while still on the production line, became the outstanding long-range four-engined transport aircraft of the Second World War. With its origins as a civilian airliner, it served chiefly on the long-distance haul of Air Transport Command of the United States Army Air Forces on the Atlantic and Pacific routes, where it cut flight hours between the United States and the theatres of operation thousands of miles away. The reliability of its airframe and engines was put to good use also on the India-China 'Hump' route, which was described as the most arduous of all within the responsibility of Air Transport Command. Like its smaller Douglas stable mate the C-47, the C-54 boasted legendary reliability, and was the preferred long-range transport from among its contemporaries. A special VIP version was built for use by the President of the United States, Franklin D Roosevelt. The Royal Air Force also used it in small numbers during the Second World War, one of which was outfitted as a VIP aircraft for use by Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The U.S. Navy acquired it under the designation R5D. All production having been commandeered by the USAAF on the outbreak of war, no civilian DC-4s flew during the war. After 1945, however, hundreds became available for use by civilian airlines, which converted them into airliners with passenger seating and comfort, or used them as freighters. Douglas re-opened its production line for new builds in 1946, but the cheap price of the second-hand market kept back this production to only 79 examples. Also in 1946 Canadair ventured to build a Rolls-Royce Merlin-powered version, which it named North Star, used by both military and commercial operators. The DC-4 was a common sight in the immediate post-war period up to the 1950s flown by leading European and United States airline liveries, until it started to be replaced by Douglas's own DC-6 and DC-7. The aircraft came in handy during the 1948-49 Berlin Airlift, during which it hauled food supplies and even coal to the beleaguered German city, and again during the Korean War, airlifting the wounded to Japan and the United States. Dozens of variants of the C-54 were employed in a wide variety of non-combat roles such as air-sea rescue, scientific and military research and missile tracking and recovery. No fewer than 1,315 examples of Skymasters were built in the United States and Canada, flown by 35 air arms of other countries in a variety of versions and roles, and full information on serials, versions and other remarks are all included in very detailed tables in this book. The Aviation Traders Carvair cross-Channel car ferry is not forgotten in this account, and a chapter is dedicated to this unique aircraft converted in Britain from standard C-54s. This new 96 page Warpaint publication written by Charles Stafrace contains 200 colour and B&W photos plus eleven pages of colour artwork by Richard Caruana.

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Fairey Battle. British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, said in the House of Commons on 20 August, 1940 - ....'on no part of the RAF does the weight of war fall more heavily than on the daylight bomber'.... . A reflection of what happened in the Low Countries during May/June 1940. The Battle was not mis-used during this debacle. The Air Staff, before the war, had planned against such an attack by Germany through the Low Countries, the Blitzkrieg was just outside their experience and the light bombers were thrust in at low level against a rapidly moving and heavily armed enemy. It is also unfair for aviation journalists to compare the performance of a Battle against the new emerging single-engined fighters. It was a large but graceful design, and by contemporary standards was advanced for its day. Originally conceived within the limits of the Geneva Disarmament Conference the Battle would, by the time the second world war opened, have over 1000 aircraft in RAF service providing vital aircrew experience of a modern monoplane with a retractable undercarriage, variable-pitch propellers and hydraulic systems. After withdrawal from front line squadrons the Battle airframe was adapted to provide experimental test bed work and give trainee aircrews extensive flying training in the UK, Australia, Canada, South Africa and Southern Rhodesia. More than half of all Battles built were later used in the training role - many continuing in use until 1945 or after!

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Gloster Meteor F.8 (12) WH480/M 41 Sqn RAF Biggin Hill 1952; WK738/M 66 Sqn RAF Linton-on-Ouse 1953; WH445/S 615 Sqn CO S/L Sowery RAuxAF RAF Biggin Hill 1953; WK786/W 72 Sqn CO S/L Clive Mason RAF North Weald 1952; WF741/K 500 Sqn CO S/L de Villiers RAuxAF 1953, all overall high speed silver. WK976/A 19 Sqn RAF Church Fenton 1956; VZ464/M 63 Sqn RAF Waterbeach 1955; WL161/J 604 Sqn RAuxAF RAF North Weald 1957; WL181 The College of Air Warfare RAF Strubby 1960 with large dayglo red areas; WF654/R 64 Sqn RAF Tangmere 1955; VZ494/L RAF Addlington 1956, all DG/DSG/HSS. WE876 1574 Flight, RAF Tengah 1960s Target Tug use X72115 for dayglo orange stripes .

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Commonwealth Trainers (8) Airspeed Oxford (3) 3583 ex BG365 24 Air School, Standard Beam Approach Flight, Nigel, Gauteng, South Africa 1945; PG943/T Fighter Command Instrument Training Flight, RAF Tangmere 1948; A5680/64 35th Elementary Flying Training School, Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada 1942; North-American Harvard IIa 7470 ex EX821 62 Air School (Central Flying School) Bloemspruit, South Africa 1945; Avro Anson Mk.I 6065/K nO 6 Bombing and Gunnery School, Fingal, Ontario, Canada 1940-43; W2531 No 6 Service Flying Training School, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, 1941; Fairey Battle Target Tug 1649/6 unknown unit, Canada 1940; Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXe MJ216 FC-WF Empire Flying School, RAF Hullavington 1946-48

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de Havilland Vampire T.11 UK Part 1 (14) WZ421/X 62 Sqn 1957; WZ467/Z 28 Sqn RAF Kai Tak, Hong Kong 1956; WX589 56 Sqn RAF Waterbeach 1955; XD429/28 RAF College, Cranwell 1957; WZ584/K Central Air Traffic Control School RAF Shawbury 1970; XD549 234 Sqn RAF Germany 1950s; XD588 141 Sqn RAF Coltishall 1955; XD624/Z 19 Sqn RAF Church Fenton 1958; XE888/74 RAF Leuchars Station Flight with markings of 43 and 151 Sqns 1959; XE897 43 Sqn RAF Leuchars 1950s; XE960 8 Sqn RAF Khormaksar, Aden 1958; XH359/X 45 Sqn RAF Butterworth, Malaya 1956; XA160 Flag Officer Flying Training FAA RNAS Yeovilton 1962; XG743.798/BY RNAS Brawdy Station Flight 1970; For NEW Airfix kit.

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Handley-Page Victor Collection Mks.1 and 2 (11) Victor B.Mk.1+ XA928 57 Sqn RAF Marham; XA936 214 Sqn RAF Marham 1975; XA938 214 Sqn RAF Marham 1968; XA940 Tanker Training Flight RAF Marham 1969; XH588 55 Sqn RAF Marham 1970; XH592 232 OCU RAF Marham 1972; XH593 232 Sqn RAF Marham 1975; XH615 The Marham Pool 1975; XH618 57 Sqn RAF Marham 1967; Victor B(SR) Mk.2 For NEW Airfix kit. See also X72271. XL193 543 Sqn RAF Wyton 1972; XL513 139 Sqn RAF Wittering 1964; XM715 543 Sqn RAF Wyton 1966; All in Green/m/s/grey camouflage

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REPRINTED!! Bristol Beaufort Collection (16) aâé-¢ Bristol Beaufort Mk.IA, DD959 'Q' of 217 Squadron, Royal Air Force, based at RAF Luqa, Malta, 1942. aâé-¢ Bristol Beaufort Mk.IA, EK979 '35' of the Middle East Check and Conversion Unit, Royal Air Force, based at Bilbais, Egypt, 1944. aâé-¢ Bristol Beaufort Mk.I, N1011 'R' of 16 Squadron, South African Air Force, based at Ivato, Madagascar, October, 1942. aâé-¢ Bristol (DAP) Beaufort Mk.V, A9-27 'B' of 6 OTU, Royal Australian Air Force, based at Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia, April, 1943. aâé-¢ Bristol (DAP) Beaufort Mk.VIII, A9-632 'DD.T/Snow Goose' of 15 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, based at Middleburg Island, New Guinea, September, 1945. aâé-¢ Bristol Beaufort Mk.I, AW243 'AW.O' of 42 Squadron, Royal Air Force, based at RAF Leuchars, Scotland, UK, December, 1941. aâé-¢ Bristol Beaufort Mk.IA, DW891,'Q' of 217 Squadron, Royal Air Force, based at Vavuniya, Ceylon, April, 1944. aâé-¢ Bristol (DAP) Beaufort Mk.VIII, A9-338 '338' of 1 OTU, Royal Australian Air Force, based at East Sale, Victoria, Australia, 1943. aâé-¢ Bristol Beaufort Mk.IA, LR906, '42' of No.2 Torpedo Training Unit based at RAF Castle Kennedy, Scotland, UK, September, 1943. aâé-¢ Bristol Beaufort Mk.I, L4449 'OA.H' of 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force, based at RAF Thorney Island, UK, January, 1940. aâé-¢ Bristol Beaufort Mk.IA, L9965 'T' of an unknown Squadron, Royal Air Force, based in the Mediterranean, 1942. aâé-¢ Bristol Beaufort Mk.IIA, AW347 'BX.S' of 86 Squadron, Royal Air Force, based at RAF Skitten, Scotland, UK, 1942. aâé-¢ Bristol Beaufort Mk.IIA, '4621' of 105th Torpedo and Reconnaissance Group, Turkish Air Force, based at Yessilkoy, Turkey, Summer, 1945. aâé-¢ Bristol Beaufort Mk.IA, LR901 'Y9P' of the Station Flight, RNAS Yeovilton, based at RNAS Yeovilton, UK, Spring, 1945. aâé-¢ Bristol Beaufort Mk.I, DX157 whilst on its delivery flight to India, Spring, 1944. aâé-¢ Bristol (DAP) Beaufort Mk.VIII, A9-292 '292' of 1 OTU, Royal Australian Air Force, based at East Sale, Victoria, Australia, 1944.

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de Havilland Mosquito B.Mk.XVI & PR.34 Collection (8) de Havilland Mosquito PR.34 RG245, 'DH.S', of 540 Squadron, Royal Air Force, based at RAF Benson, UK, 1948. de Havilland Mosquito PR.Mk.XVI A52-610, of 87 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, based at Coomalie Creek, Northern Territories, Australia, 1944 de Havilland Mosquito B.Mk.XVI NS534, 'R', of 680 Squadron, Royal Air Force, based in Italy, 1944. de Havilland Mosquito B.Mk.XVI MM387, 'U', of 684 Squadron, Royal Air Force, based in India, 1945. de Havilland Mosquito PR.34A RG245, 'DH.S', of 540 Squadron, Royal Air Force, based at RAF Benson, UK, 1948. de Havilland Mosquito PR.Mk.34A RG177, of 81 Squadron, Royal Air Force, based at RAF Selatar, Singapore, last operational Mosquito reconnaissance flight, May, 1953. de Havilland Mosquito B.Mk.XVI RF922, 'R', of 654th Bomber Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, United States Air Force, based at RAF Watton, UK, 1944. de Havilland Mosquito B.Mk.XVI NS581, 'Q', of 654th Bomber Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, United States Air Force, based at RAF Watton,UK,1944. [PR.XVI]

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