The Supermarine Spitfire was a single-seat, single-engine, low-wing fighter aircraft produced by the British firm Supermarine Aviation Works in the 1930s and 1940s. Used in Europe, North Africa, Australia and Asia, it became one of the symbolic aircraft of the Second World War above all for its effective and decisive contribution to the successful British resistance to German aggression, during the Battle of Britain and the years of the conflict.
Macchi M.C. 200 "Saetta" was a low-wing and single-engine fighter aircraft developed by the Italian company Aeronautica Macchi in the 1930s. He had no particular flaws and was gifted with excellent skills for close combat. Its handling was excellent and its stability in high speed dives was exceptional. He could duel with the best allied fighters and come out undefeated. Only the Supermarine Spitfire could overtake him, in pull-up.
The North American P-51 Mustang, produced starting in 1941, was one of the most versatile US fighters of World War II. It was deployed on both the Pacific and European fronts to counter Luftwaffe aircraft. It was mainly employed as a fighter escort for Boeing B-17 bomber formations, but also as a fighter-bomber. It was also used in the first phase of the Korean War, although it had by now been superseded by the first jet-engined aircraft, in some air forces it remained in service until the early eighties. In the latest versions, it touched the maximum limits that a machine with a piston engine could reach.
The Aviatik DI, also identified as Berg DI, was a single-seat biplane fighter developed by the Austro-Hungarian company Österreichisch-Ungarische Flugzeugfabrik Aviatik GmbH and produced, as well as by the same, by some Austro-Hungarian aeronautical companies in the ten years of the twentieth century. We chose it for its colorful and captivating colors that lend themselves well to a flowery garden.
The SPAD S.XIII was a single-seat biplane fighter produced by the French company Sociéte Pour l'Aviation et ses Dérivés, or more briefly SPAD, in the 1910s. Used during the First World War, it was one of the best aircraft of the conflict and one of those produced in greater numbers: 8'472 specimens with orders for another 10'000 which were canceled with the armistice. We like to remember him for having been piloted by the great Italian ace Francesco Baracca. The symbol of the prancing horse present on his airplanes was donated by the Baracca family to Enzo Ferrari himself, to use it as the logo of his famous racing cars.
The Focke-Wulf Fw 190, also known as the Würger, was a single-seat, single-engine and low-wing monoplane fighter and fighter-bomber aircraft developed by the German aeronautical company Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau GmbH in the 1930s and used by the Luftwaffe during the Second World War world. At the time of its entry into service, in 1941, it was in the opinion of some authors the most advanced fighter in the world. Faster than the Spitfire, its yaw rate was outstanding. The high wing loading of the German fighter was the cause of one of its defects: the tendency to stall without warning, with consequent capsizing and spin.
The S.V.A.9 was a S.V.A. two-seater, intended for training. The installation of a second cockpit involved the modification of the bracing between the wing and the fuselage. The first prototype was intended for Gabriele D'Annunzio for the Flight over Vienna, but was destroyed in an accident. Seven samples of S.V.A.9 were used for the Rome-Tokyo Raid of 1920, but only Arturo Ferrarin and Guido Masiero apparatus reached their destination in Japan; the others were forced to give up due to various problems and one of them was involved in a fatal accident, which caused the departure of Lieutenant Grassa and Captain Gordesco.
The Albatros D.V was a fighter biplane produced by the German company Albatros Flugzeugwerke GmbH in the late 1910s and used by the Luftstreitkräfte, the air service of the Imperial German Army, during the First World War. The Albatros is famous for being flown by Manfred Albrecht von Richthofen, defined the ace of aces having been credited with 80 aerial victories during the First World War, before being shot down on 21 April 1918. Hero of the Germans and respected by his enemies, he was one of the main figures of the war, remembered with the nickname "the Red Baron" for his origins and for the coloring of his airplanes.
The Junkers Ju 87, also known as the Stuka (in German, Sturzkampfflugzeug, literally "dive combat aircraft"), was a single-engine dive bomber with an inverted gull wing configuration. Although it was designed by the German company Junkers in 1933, the Stuka remained in production for over 9 years, remaining unchanged in the structure and basic configuration for the entire duration of the war, proof of the overall validity of the machine. It was one of the most effective dive bombers of World War II, and certainly the most touted aircraft of the entire conflict. It is considered a milestone in the history of military aviation.
The Macchi C.205V (C from the surname of the designer, engineer Mario Castoldi and V as Veltro, the given name) was an all-metal single-engine monoplane with low wing fighter aircraft. It entered service in April 1943 and was the first Italian fighter to bring cannons into combat caliber 20 mm, equipping the Regia Aeronautica with an aircraft capable of dealing effectively with contemporary adversaries, albeit in conditions of overwhelming numerical inferiority. It was considered one of the best airplanes of the time and we like to remember it for its very elegant line and for its Made in Italy origin.
The Nieuport 17 was a single-engine biplane fighter developed by the French company Société Anonyme des Établissements Nieuport in the 1910s. It was used by France, the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Italy during the First World War. There were many Allied aces who used the Nieuport 17, including the Canadian Billy Bishop, the Britishes Albert Ball and Edward Mannock, the French Charles Nungesser, the Italians Francesco Baracca and Silvio Scaroni and the Russian Aleksandr Aleksandrovič Kazakov. It is the plane with which the Italian ace Francesco Baracca, for the first time, flew the symbol of the prancing horse.
The Curtiss P-36, also known as the Curtiss Hawk Model 75, is an American fighter of the late thirties at the time very widespread and appreciated worldwide, but it had a very limited possibility of technical growth and therefore a rather short useful life . Thanks to the adoption of the monoplane metal structure and the retractable landing gear, it marked if nothing else the important historical transition from the old concept of fighter aircraft, biplane with open cabin, to the more modern one. Despite these characteristics, after the first year of World War II it proved to be outdated.
The Curtiss P-40 was a single-engine, single-seat monoplane made in the United States which was used by the Allies in the Second World War as a fighter or fighter-bomber aircraft. Produced by the Curtiss Airplane and Motor Company of Buffalo (New York), as a version with linear engine of the previous Curtiss P-36 Hawk, it was never an exceptional aircraft (mainly due to the engine, which was not very powerful at high altitudes); however, a large number of specimens was also built, and the remarkable robustness (combined with the wide availability from the first months following the entry into the war of the USA) made it one of the most important fighters for the American air force in that period.
FOKKER DR I - THE RED BARON
It was used by the German Air Force in the latter stages of World War I. It is famous for being flown by Manfred von Richthofen, called the ace of aces having been credited with 80 aerial victories before being shot down on April 21, 1918. A hero of the Germans and respected by his enemies, he was one of the main figures of the war, remembered with the nickname "The Red Baron" for its origins and for the coloring of its airplanes.