Me Bf 109

The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was a German World War II fighter aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt in the early 1930s.

The Bf 109 was the backbone of the Luftwaffe fighter force in World War II.












General characteristics

Crew: One

Performance
Maximum speed 640 km/h (398 mph) at 6,300 m (20,669 ft)

Armament
2×13 mm MG 131 machine guns with 300 rpg
1×20 mm MG 151/20 cannon with 150 rpg[133] (or 1x 30 mm MK 108 cannon with 65 rpg, G-6/U4)
1×300 l (78 US gal) drop tank or 1×250 kg (550 lb) bomb or 4×50 kg (110 lb) bombs
2×WGr.21 rockets (G-6 with BR21)
2x 20 mm MG 151/20 underwing cannon pods with 200 rpg (G-6 with R6)

Supermarine Spitfire

The Supermarine Spitfire was a British single-seat fighter aircraft, used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries during the Second World War, and into the 1950s.

General characteristics
Crew: one pilot
Performance
Maximum speed: 378 mph, (330 knots, 605 km/h)
Armament
Guns: Mk I, Mk II, Mk VA
8x 0.303 inch (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns, 350 rounds per gun
Later versions (VB on)
2× 20 mm (0.787 in) Hispano Mk II cannon, 60 (later 120 (Mk VC)) shells per gun
4× 0.303 inch (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns, 350 rounds per gun
Bombs:
2× 250 lb (110 kg) bombs

P-51 Mustang

The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang was a long-range single-seat fighter aircraft that entered service with Allied air forces in the middle years of World War II.

The P-51 flew most of its wartime missions as a bomber escort in raids over Germany, helping ensure Allied air superiority from early 1944. It also saw limited service against the Japanese in the Pacific War.













General characteristics
Crew: 1

Performance
Maximum speed: 437 mph (703 km/h) at 25,000 ft (7,620 m)


Armament
6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns; 400 rounds per gun for the two inboard guns; 270 per outboard gun
2 hardpoints for up to 2,000 lb (907 kg)
10 × 5 in (127 mm) rockets

A6M Zero

The Mitsubishi A6M Zero was a lightweight fighter aircraft operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) from 1940 to 1945.

The A6M was usually referred to by the Allies as the "Zero"—a name that was frequently misapplied to other Japanese fighters, such as the Nakajima Ki-43—as well as other codenames and nicknames, including "Zeke", "Hamp" and "Hap".

Its history mirrored that of the Empire of Japan in World War II. When it was introduced, the Zero was the best carrier-based fighter in the world and it was greatly feared by Allied pilots.

General characteristics
Crew: 1
Performance
Never exceed speed: 660 km/h (356 knots, 410 mph)
Maximum speed: 533 km/h (287 knots, 331 mph) at 4,550 m (14,930 ft)
Armament
Guns:
2× 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Type 97 machine guns in the engine cowling ,with 500 rounds per gun,the machineguns for 30 seconds.
2× 20 mm (0.787 in) Type 99 cannons in the wings,with 60 rounds per gun.The cannon had ammunition for 7 seconds.
Bombs:
2× 60 kg (132 lb) bombs or
2× fixed 250 kg bombs for kamikaze attacks

MiG-21 (Fishbed)

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21) (NATO reporting name "Fishbed") is a supersonic jet fighter aircraft, designed and built by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. It was popularly nicknamed "balalaika", from the aircraft's planform-view resemblance to the famous Russian stringed musical instrument or ołówek (English: pencil) by Polish pilots due to the shape of its fuselage. Some 50 countries over four continents have flown the MiG-21, and it still serves many nations a half-century after its maiden flight.











General characteristics
Crew: One
Performance
Maximum speed: 2230 km/h (1385 mph) (Mach 2.1)
Armament
One centerline twin-barrelled GSh-23 23 mm cannon , 200 rounds (PFM, MF, SMT, and bis variants) or one single-barrelled NR-30 cannon ,60 rounds (F-13 variant).
Up to 2,000 kg (4,400 lb) of air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons on two or four underwing hardpoints, depending on the variant. Early machines carried two Vympel K-13 (AA-2 'Atoll') air-to-air missiles under the wing pylons. Late models carried two K-13 and two fuel tanks under the wing pylons or combinations of four K-13 infrared- and radar-guided missiles. The Molniya R-60 (NATO reporting name AA-8 'Aphid') was also used on multiple pylons and six of them could be carried. Most aircraft carried a single 450 L (119 US gal) fuel tank on the centerline pylon.

MiG-19 (Farmer)

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-19) (NATO reporting name "Farmer") is a Soviet second-generation, single-seat, jet-engined fighter aircraft. It was the first Soviet production aircraft capable of supersonic speeds in level flight. A comparable U.S. "Century Series" fighter was the F-100 Super Sabre, although it would oppose the more modern F-4 Phantom and F-105 Thunderchief over Vietnam.















General characteristics
Crew: One
Performance
Maximum speed: 1,455 km/h (909 mph)
Armament
3x 30 mm NR-30 cannons (70 rounds per gun for wing guns, 55 rounds for fuselage gun)
Up to 250 kg (550 lb) of bombs or unguided rockets on 4 underwing pylons

MiG-17 (Fresco)

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-17) is a jet fighter aircraft produced in the USSR from 1952 and operated by numerous air forces in many variants. Licence production was carried out in East Germany, Poland (PZL-Mielec Lim-6) and the Peoples Republic of China (Shenyang J-5). USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 38", NATO reporting name "Fresco".

General characteristics
Crew: One
Performance
Maximum speed: 1,144 km/h at 3,000 m (711 mph at 10,000 ft (3,000 m))
Armament
1x 37 mm Nudelman N-37 cannon (40 rounds total)
2x 23x115mm Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 cannons (80 rounds per gun, 160 rounds total)
Up to 500 kg (1,100 lb) of external stores on two pylons, including 100 kg (220 lb) and 250 kg (550 lb) bombs or fuel tanks.

MiG-15 (Fagot)

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-15) was a jet fighter developed for the USSR by Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich. The MiG-15 was one of the first successful swept-wing jet fighters, and it achieved fame in the skies over Korea, where early in the war, it outclassed all enemy fighters. The MiG-15 also served as the starting point for development of the more advanced MiG-17 which would oppose American fighters over Vietnam in the 1960s.

General characteristics

Crew: MiG-15bis=1, MiG-15UTI=2
Performance
Maximum speed: 1,075 km/h (668 mph)
Armament
2x 23mm cannons, 23x115mm, (80 rounds per gun ,160 rounds total), and 1x 37 mm cannon (40 rounds total)


Note: All bullets were armor piercing and highly explosive
2x 100 kg (220 lb) bombs, drop tanks, or unguided rockets on underwing hardpoints.