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Tag Archives: Spitfire
Who Killed the First Jet Fighter?
Many consider the Messerschmitt Me 262 to be the world’s first jet fighter. Two years before the Me 262 took to the air there was another jet fighter that was in fact the first – it was the Heinkel He 280. ‘Who Killed the First Jet Fighter’ is a two part series now showing at Aerocinema.com. […]
Road Trip to Vintage Wings.
Here with Mike Potter, founder of Vintage Wings of Canada. I had the pleasure of interviewing Mike and fellow Vintage Wings display pilot Rob Erdos last Thursday at their Gatineau airport hanger. The interviews are for an upcoming program on the Hawker Hurricane for Aerocinema.com. The Hurricane in the background is the Mk IV version, […]
Spitfire V vs. C.202 Folgore 1942-43 Cover
My newest book, Spitfire V vs. C.202 Folgore, will be available in April/2013. The cover artwork created by Gareth Hector is now complete. The combat scenes are described below. Spitfire VC cover art Future ranking Malta ace Sgt George Beurling claimed his fifth and six victories in defence of the beleaguered island on 10 July […]
Who Shot Down the First Me 262 Jet during World War II?
Credit for the first Me 262 be brought down in combat belong to Maj Joseph Myers and 2Lt Manford Crory of the P-47D-equipped 78th Fighter Group, who manoeuvred a 1./KG 51 machine into the ground west of Brussels on August 28, 1944. This occurred with a shot being fired by both sides. A similar thing occurred […]