With the courage and skill of fighter aces like Johnnie Johnson, 'Sailor' Malan and Bobby Tuck, the Supermarine Spitfire helped change the course of the war in favor of the Allies.

The "Hawker Hurricane" swooped to dispatch over two-thirds of all enemy aircraft destroyed in the Battle of Britain.

At the onset of WW II, the Luftwaffe possessed more than 3,500 front-line aircraft. For the next six years the Messerschmitt Bf 109 became the flagship of the German Air Force.

The Focke-Wulf Fw 19 plane almost achieves perfection.