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A significant post-war achievement for Britain's aviation industry, the Bristol Belvedere was a highly capable, tandem-rotor, heavy-lift helicopte...

One of the most effective British tanks of the Second World War, the Cromwell may have been slow in development but was a speedster on the...

The first Curtiss Tomahawk fighters to arrive in Britain during the Second World War operated in the tactical reconnaissance role and ...

The end of the Second World War saw victorious Allied nations desperately attempting to secure details of German jet technology and high-spee...

For most RAF pilots serving between 1960 and 1988, the Hunting Aircraft (BAC) Jet Provost is extremely familiar. Forming the backbone of RAF ...

In what would often be a very personal dual fought in the skies above Europe between airmen from Allied and Axis air forces, the struggle for ...

The ultimate 'clash of eagles', which came to represent the struggle for aerial supremacy during the Second World War, was undoubtedly conteste...

One of the greatest fighting aeroplanes in the history of aviation, the Messerschmitt Bf 109 was always at the forefront of world fighter d...

What is QUICKBUILD? Airfix QUICKBUILD is an exciting range of brick-based models suitable as an introduction to modelling for any age of 6 an...

What is QUICKBUILD? Airfix QUICKBUILD is an exciting range of brick-based models suitable as an introduction to modelling for any age of 6 and...

Taking just 1.5 minutes to deploy, the Tank Bridge No.2 provided a Class 60 tracked load and a Class 40 wheeled load over a 30ft gap. The ...

As Allied forces began to move off the D-Day beaches and into the Normandy countryside, they knew they would be facing strong opposition fr...

A gleaming silver steed flown by the most capable and intrepid young men Britain could call upon, the Bristol Bulldog was one of the mo...

An aircraft which possibly underlines the capabilities of the modern helicopter more effectively than any other type, the mighty Boeing ...

The Gloster Gladiator was developed from the Gloster Gauntlet as a private venture and represented both the peak and the end of the bipl...

The first production Spitfire Mk.I was delivered to RAF No.19 Squadron at Duxford on 4th August 1938, heralding the arrival of a future aviatio...

The importance of the role air power played in the months leading up to D-Day cannot be overstated, with the Allied powers knowing that secu...

What is QUICKBUILD? Airfix QUICKBUILD is an exciting range of brick-based models suitable as an introduction to modelling for any age of 6 and up. ...

What is QUICKBUILD? Airfix QUICKBUILD is an exciting range of brick-based models suitable as an introduction to modelling for any age of 6 and up. ...

The Mk XII was the first production version of the Spitfire to use the Rolls-Royce Griffon engine. The Griffon was a devlopment of the 'R' spri...

The Golden Hind was an English galleon best known for its global circumnavigation between 1577 and 1580, captained by Sir Francis Drake, who on his...

About the Truck: With over 52,000 vehicles built between 1941 and 1945, the Bedford QL 3-ton truck was one of the most numerous British vehicles du...

About the Tank: The Cromwell, official name Cruiser Tank MkVIII, was one of the most successful British tanks of the Second World War. Named after ...

The second of America's great four-engined heavy bombers of the Second World War, the Consolidated B-24 Liberator began development after th...