Combat Aircraft of World War Two

In World War Two, airplanes of all types - fighters, bombers, transports, etc. - developed rapidly. Biplanes saw action in the early years jet aircraft zoomed through the skies over Germany in 1945. The Americans produced the «mostest of the bestest,» that is, the largest numbers of generally superior warplanes. While I started this site with a focus on WW2 fighters and aces, my interests have spread out - to include the First World War, the Golden Age of Aviation between the wars, and even some post-war jet airplanes. While there is concentration of military aircraft, I also profile some civil airplanes. You can read here about their technical development and production, see color plates and scale drawings.