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The Breitling Fighters Team is part of The Old Flying Machine Co., which is based at Duxford. The watch manufacturer sponsors the team, which is led by former Red Arrows Leader Ray Hanna, and they do display formation aerobatics all over Europe during the summer. Pilots are from front to back: Ray Hanna in the Kittyhawk IA; Nigel Lamb in the Spitfire Mk.IXc; Lee Proudfoot in the P-51D Mustang and Keith Skilling in the Goodyear FG-1D Corsair. (Photo by John Dibbs/facebook.com/theplanepicture)

The Best WW II Fighters

When the editors of Flight Journal asked me to write about all the great WW II fighters and to choose one as “the best,” I thought, “What an ego trip!” The selections would be easy to dig out of my dusty flight-report files (which document my evaluations of WW II fighter types) and out of books in my aviation collection. I test-flew several versions of these fighters during the Joint Army/Navy Fighter Conference at NAS Patuxent in October 1944 and also fighters that had been passed between Navy and Air Corps contractors for test-pilot evaluations: the F4U-1, F4U-1D, F4U-4 Corsair; […]

SI - WW II Fighters 2020

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  • Kaname Harada, who flew Zeros in WW II, didn’t like speaking about the War because it was a painful experience for him. He was haunted by the horrible memory of seeing his fellow navy pilots die on Guadalcanal Island in October 1942, and he wanted see their remains recovered to bring closure to their families. […]

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    Peter Teichman pulls in close to the cameraship in his Mustang, painted as “Jumpin’ Jacques.” Teichman’s Mustang, his first acquisition for the North Weald, England-based Hangar 11 Collection, is unique as it is one of only a few Mustangs with combat history. It still carries the field repairs from battle scars she received while flying with the 332nd Fighter Group. (Photo by John Dibbs/facebook.com/theplanepicture)

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