Recent content by milford maniac

The Hurricane gets my vote every time; it was the work horse of Fighter Command. It did what it says on the tin, not elegant like the spitfire, but it did destroy more Luftwaffe aircraft, which was the whole point of the battle.

I first became interested in warbirds as little boy in the early 1960’s when my father told me of his exploits as a tail end Charlie in Wellingtons during World War 2. I use to a little lad go off to a local toy shop and buy a model aircraft take it home and my older brother would make it...

I joined the other day whilst surfing the web at work, oops! My interest in aircraft of the 2nd world war stems from my father who was rear gunner with 70 squadron RAF based in Italy in 1944, he flew 44 missions on Vickers Werllingtons.

Hello everyone, this is my first post so here goes. Personally I think that the Me 163 is about the worst aircraft if you can call it one of WW2. For what it achieved in combat compared to the loss of pilots in accidents and explosions to me far out weighs any benefits it would have brought to...