Miles M.39B Libellula
An experimental aircraft designed for the Royal Aircraft Establishment, or the Ministry of Defense as it is known today, was the Miles M.39B. With its dual main wings the M39 …
Category: 1940s
Aquila
The Aquila, Italian for eagle was a converted aircraft carrier which was originally built as the passenger liner SS Roma. Like the Seydlitz, Axis forces aimed for military superiority with …
Seydlitz
This ship seemed to have suffered from an identity crisis as its purpose and design evolved over the war. Nazi Germany had started construction of this ship before WWII as …
Tortoise Heavy Assault Tank
This heavy assault tank developed for the British Army specifically for World War II by Nuffield Mechanizations. Weighing in at 78 tons, this mammoth was not easily transported, but this …
Douglas XTB2D Skypirate
This aircraft was to be the US Navy’s next great torpedo bombers in World War Two. As new aircraft carriers grew in size, this allowed for larger and more improved …
Flettner Fl 282
A helicopter, the FI 282 was a short lived German production helicopter. Named the FI 282 Kolibri, this helicopter was named after. a species of hummingbirds, found In Central and …
Tachikawa Ki-77
A Japanese experimental long range communications and transport aircraft, the Tachikawa Ki-77 was built in an attempt to break a distance record set by other Japanese airplanes. Oddly enough strong …
McDonnell XF-85 Goblin
Intended to be deployed from another aircraft, the XF-85 was a small parasite fighter intended to protect its host aircraft from hostile interceptors. With no landing gear, the aircraft was …
Hughes XF-11
This aircraft was designed as a reconnaissance aircraft for the United States Air Force towards the end of World War II. Intended as a long range, high-altitude, and purpose built …
Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
Part boat, part plane, this flying boat was inspired by the successes achieved by flying boats during World War II. The SR.A/1, designed to emulate these successes, was built by …