Hawker Hunter FGA.9/FR.10/GA.11 Ju 87 R

Hawker Hunter FGA.9/FR.10/GA.11 Ju 87 RProving the old adage 'If it looks right, then it is right', the Hawker Hunter was a thing of aviation beauty, streamlined and cultured, but a deadly fighting aeroplane at heart. Underlining the Hunter's adaptability, the FGA. 9 variant was developed in response to an RAF requirement to replace ground attack Venoms serving with units in the Middle East and was basically an F. 6 airframe optimised for close air support operations. Strengthening the

As part of the Empire Air Training Scheme

The planes wore distinctive yellow borders around the American stars on the fuselage and wings

the very aircraft Airfix scanned at the outset of this exciting new model tooling project

traffic control boom

Operation Pedestal

The Panzergrenadiers would advance with their accompanying armour

after the Lockheed P-38 from the Second World War and the famous English Electric Lightning which served throughout the Cold War era

Burma 1944

as well as a much improved weapons capability

then the North Sea

The Soviet Union used information and engine technology obtained from Britain to introduce the diminutive Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 in 1949 - one of the most capable of the early jet fighters

382nd Fighter Squadron