A collection of illustrated aircraft histories and articles
Aircraft Histories and Articles
How to Caption Your Aircraft Photos
Most aircraft enthusiasts can tell you the difference between a Mk1 Spitfire and a MkIX* so knowing how to accurately caption your aircraft photos is important, especially if you want to sell them.
When the aircraft banks and the sun glints off the elliptical wings everyone in the 21st century airshow crowd looks up. Small boys point just as their counterparts did over seventy years ago and shout, “Spitfire”.
The story of how this Battle of Britain veteran ended up in the Imperial War Museum at Duxford.
Fast and agile, the P51 Mustangs that ranged over Europe during the last two years of the second world war probably played as larger part in Germany’s defeat as the Spitfire and Hurricane did in the Battle of Britain.