The F8F would be the last of Grumman's piston-engined carrier fighters and entered service in May 1945. The end of the Second World War led to orders being cancelled.
The Tiger Moth was a training aircraft used by the RAF, and other air forces around the world, to train its pilots. In September 1939 a number would be sent to France.
When it entered service with the Luftwaffe in July 1944 the Me 262 became the first ever operational jet fighter and was faster than the piston-engined fighters of the time.
Roy Chadwick's Lancaster would spend fifteen years in service with the Royal Air Force, and is, perhaps, best known for its role in the Dambusters raid in May 1943, which was led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson.
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During 1940 the Luftwaffe carried out its campaign to destroy the Royal Air Force so it could achieve air superiority over Southern England, as a precursor to an invasion. Known as the Battle of Britain,
it was a pivotal moment in the Second World War, as the Germans suffered their first major defeat and were unable to launch an invasion.
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