Plane Spotter’s Guide

Tony Holmes has worked as Osprey’s aerospace editor since 1989, having previously served as an author/photographer for this publishing house in Australasia. He established the critically acclaimed and hugely popular Aircraft of the Aces series in 1994.

• Sopwith PupAlbatros D IIINieuport 17SPAD VIISopwith CamelRAF SE 5/5aFokker Dr IFokker D VIIPolikarpov 1-16Boeing B-17 Flying FortressBristol BlenheimConsolidated PBY CatalinaMesserschmitt Bf 109Gloster GladiatorHawker HurricaneJunkers Ju 87Supermarine SpitfireShort SunderlandMesserschmitt Bf 110Fiat CR.42 FalcoJunkers Ju 88Mitsubishi A6M Zero-senCurtiss P-40 WarhawkNorth American B-25 MitchellGrumman F4F WildcatDouglas SBD DauntlessBristol Beaufighterde Havilland MosquitoIlyushin Il-2 ShturmovikNakajima Ki-43 HayabusaMartin B-26 MarauderLockheed P-38 LightningFocke-Wulf Fw 190Hawker TyphoonConsolidated B-24 LiberatorRepublic P-47 ThunderboltKawasaki Ki-61 HienMacchi C.202 FolgoreNorth American P-51 MustangCurtiss SB2C HelldiverGrumman TBF/TBM AvengerVought F4U CorsairAvro LancasterLavochkin La-5/7Boeing B-29 SuperfortressGrumman F6F HellcatMesserschmitt Me 262Yakovlev Yak-3Mikoyan MiG-15North American F-86 SabreGrumman F9F PantherMartin B-57 CanberraNorth American F-100 Super SabreBoeing B-52 StratofortressDouglas A-4 SkyhawkHandley Page VictorAvro VulcanVought F-8 CrusaderRepublic F-105 ThunderchiefMikoyan MiG-21McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom IIDassault Mirage IIILockheed SR-71Grumman F-14 TomcatMcDonnell Douglas F-15 EagleStrike EagleGeneral Dynamics F-16 Fighting FalconMcDonnell Douglas F/A-18 HornetLockheed F-117 NighthawkMcDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier IIRockwell B-1B Lancer

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