Douglas Bader lost both legs in a 1931 crash at Reading Aerodrome and went on to command a RAF fighter wing in the Battle of Britain.
TaildraggerDouglas Bader lost both legs in a 1931 aerobatic crash at age 21, fought his way back into the RAF, and led Spitfire wings over occupied Europe during World War II.
TaildraggerThe Bristol Beaufighter was WWII's radar-equipped night hunter - combining airborne interception technology with devastating firepower to change the mathematics of nocturnal air war.
TaildraggerThe de Havilland Mosquito outran German fighters, flew on wood instead of aluminum, and became the most versatile combat aircraft of World War II.
TaildraggerThe Avro Lancaster emerged from a failed twin-engine bomber to become WWII's most capable heavy bomber, culminating in the technically precise 60-foot dam-busting raid of May 1943.
TaildraggerThe Hawker Hurricane, not the Spitfire, shot down more than 55% of Luftwaffe aircraft destroyed over Britain in 1940 - and its most effective squadron was Polish.
TaildraggerThe de Havilland Mosquito proved that speed alone could replace defensive armament, flying over 36,000 wartime sorties with loss rates far below the heavy bomber force.
TaildraggerThe de Havilland Mosquito was rejected by the Air Ministry twice before becoming WWII's most versatile combat aircraft - built almost entirely from wood.
TaildraggerOn September 15, 1940, Keith Park committed Fighter Command's last reserve and held the sky over Britain - the day Hitler's invasion plan effectively died.
TaildraggerA 1956 de Havilland Chipmunk - former Canadian military trainer with full aerobatic capability - is currently listed on Aircraft For Sale.
TowerThe Hawker Hurricane shot down 55% of Luftwaffe losses in the Battle of Britain, outnumbered the Spitfire two to one, and saved England - then history forgot it.
TaildraggerDouglas Bader lost both legs in a 1931 crash, proved he could still fly to operational standards, was discharged on a technicality, then returned in WWII to lead RAF fighter squadrons.
TaildraggerHurricane R4118 flew 49 combat sorties in 1940, vanished to India for decades, and was restored to flight in 2004 as one of warbird aviation's most documented recoveries.
TaildraggerThe de Havilland Mosquito - rejected twice by the Air Ministry - became WWII's fastest bomber and flew the daring Operation Jericho prison raid in February 1944.
TaildraggerHow RAF ace Douglas Bader lost both legs in a 1931 crash, then flew Spitfires and Hurricanes in the Battle of Britain.
TaildraggerHow the RAF's 1943 Dambusters raid used Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb to breach the Ruhr dams at just sixty feet.
TaildraggerHow Douglas Bader lost both legs in a 1931 crash, flew Spitfires in the Battle of Britain on two tin legs, and scored 20.5 victories.
TaildraggerHow RAF ace Douglas Bader lost both legs in a 1931 crash, flew Spitfires on tin legs, and became a Battle of Britain hero.
TaildraggerHow RAF ace Douglas Bader lost both legs, flew Spitfires on tin legs, and had the enemy parachute him a spare.
TaildraggerRadio Hangar explores The Bristol Blenheim, the Only One Left Flying, and the British Light Bomber That Was Restored Three Times Because Her People Refused to Let Her Die.
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