World War II Fighter Planes Spotter's Guide

Having initially worked for Osprey as an author in the 1980s, Tony Holmes became the company’s aviation editor in 1989 after he moved to England from Western Australia. Responsible for devising the Aircraft of the Aces, Combat Aircraft, Aviation Elite Units, Duel and X-Planes series, Tony has also written more than 30 books for Osprey over the past 35 years.

• Avia B 534Bell P-39 AiracobraBell P-63 KingcobraBell P-59 AiracometBloch MB.152Boulton Paul DefiantBrewster F2A BuffaloBristol BlenheimBristol BeaufighterCAC BoomerangCurtiss P-36/Hawk 75Curtiss P-40B/C TomahawkCurtiss P-40 Kittyhawk/Warhawkde Havilland MosquitoDewoitine D.520Dornier Do 17/215/217Douglas P-70/DB-7 HavocFairey FulmarFairey Firefly IFiat CR.32Fiat CR.42 FalcoFiat G.50 FrecciaFiat G.55 CentauroFocke-Wulf Fw 190A/F/GFocke-Wulf Fw 190D-9Focke-Wulf Ta 152Focke-Wulf Ta 154Fokker D.XXIGloster GladiatorGloster Meteor I/IIIGrumman F4F WildcatGrumman F6F HellcatHawker HurricaneHawker Sea HurricaneHawker TyphoonHawker Tempest VHeinkel He 219Heinkel He 162IAR 80/81Junkers Ju 88C/G/RKawanishi N1K1-J ShidenKawanishi N1K2-J Shiden-KaiKawasaki Ki-45 ToryuKawasaki Ki-61 HeinKawasaki Ki-100Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3Lavochkin La-5/7Lockheed P-38 LightningMacchi C.200 SaettaMacchi C.202 FolgoreMacchi C.205V VeltroMesserschmitt Bf 109EMesserschmitt Bf 109FMesserschmitt Bf 109G/KMesserschmitt Bf 110Messerschmitt Me 262Messerschmitt Me 163B KometMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-1/3Mitsubishi A5MMitsubishi A6M2/3Mitsubishi A6M5/7Mitsubishi J2M RaidenMorane-Saulnier MS.406Nakajima Ki-27Nakajima Ki-43 HayabusaNakajima Ki-44 ShokiNakajima Ki-84 HayateNakajima J1N1 GekkoNakajima A6M2-NNorth American P-51A/Mustang INorth American P-51B/C/D/K MustangNorthrop P-61 Black WidowPolikarpov I-16Polikarpov I-152 (I-15bis)Polikarpov I-153 (I-15ter)PZL P.11Reggiane Re.2000/2001/2002Republic P-43 LancerRepublic P-47 ThunderboltSupermarine Spitfire I/IISupermarine Spitfire V/VISupermarine Spitfire VII/VIIISupermarine Spitfire IXSupermarine Spitfire XIISupermarine Spitfire XIVSupermarine Spitfire XVISupermarine Seafire I/II/IIIVought F4U/FG-1 CorsairWestland Whirlwind IYakovlev Yak-1/7Yakovlev Yak-9Yakovlev Yak-3

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