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The War in the Air
B-17 Bomber
The B17 bomber during WW2 was so massively used in air raid campaigns such as the Doolittle raids andBombings in Europe that Boeing increased staff from “2000 workers to 45000”. Boeing was making one B17every 90 minutes.
The B17 Bomber is also one of the reasons
that the allies won the war. it dropped more
bombs on germany than all of the other
planes combined. It is referred to as the
"flying fortress". The plane could fly higher
than any other at the time and even though it
was a bomber It could still properly defend
itself.
B-29 Bomber
During WW2 many military projects wereformed by the US government in fact theB29 Bomber began solely as a result ofWW2. Boeing after having made the B17needed to an upgraded version a largerone. The B29 project started in 1942became the 2nd most expensive militaryproject during WW2 for US governmentonly “2nd to atomic bomb.”
U.S.S.R. Yakovlev Yak Series
Originally named after the designer Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, the planes designer, the Yak Series washeavily manufactured by the Soviet Union. The most common of them being the Yak1 a light weight high altitudeplane, with over 37,000 being built. As time went by however the Soviets began to upgrade this plane introducing3 new models.
Planes designer AlexanderSergeyevich Yakovlev
Proving to be a sustainable flyerthe Soviet began to make multiplenewer verions of the Yak1 (asseen Yak7 top right, Yak3 top left,and Yak 9 to the right). Acombined total of over 25,000these planes were instrumental towinning the Air battle againstGermany. At many battles theseplanes were instrumental todefeating the Luftwaffe.
Luftwaffe Hitler had a very strong and advanced army at the time,however a jewel in his “The Wehrmacht” or his army was hisLuftwaffe, or air force. Translated Luftwaffe in German reallyonly means Air weapon but it was effective enough to holdback Allied army to a surprisingly in aerial battles such asDDay. Despite these accomplishments Luftwaffe becamecrippled from lack of war materials near the end of the warand Allied forces were much too strong for Hitler's flyingmachines. The most Popular of his planes was his Me 109having over 35,000 of them built for his army becoming themost built plane in the Luftwaffe.
Royal Air Force (R.A.F.)
The Royal Air Force was arguably the greatest Air Force of WW2 after 1939. The RAF by the end of the war hadover 1 million men and 27,000 planes. They truly were a diverse group of soldiers often having members of squadcome from all over the world, such as many British commonwealths including Australia, Canada, India, NewZealand, Rhodesia and South Africa. However pilots also consisted of over troops from fellow European armiessuch as Dutch, the French, Czech, and even volunteer Americans. The RAF wasn’t only used for fighting in factmany missions were given to RAF squadrons that involved no Military Warfare but rather used to deliver medicalsupplies to the frontlines.
Supermarine Spitfire
Just as Hitler had his preferred plane sodid the RAF. They favored the fighter planeSupermarine Spitfire for its great flyabilityand combating skills. Having just like the Me109 the Spitfire was the most producedplane in the Royal Air Force.
Battle of Philippine Sea
This battle isn’t well known but it was in fact a key strategic victory for the U.S.A.It was a battle heldbetween June 13, 1944 to August 10, 1944, most of which was Japenese troops attacking U.S. Naval fleets. TheU.S. however held off all ariel invasions not merely with more planes but also antiair gunners on ships. This blowfrom seas to skies allowed for the U.S. to continue its campaign to defeat Japan. Over 380 Japanese planeswere shot down leaving the Japanese aircraft carriers virtually useless. This battle included as well an importantAmerican plane the Grumman F6F Hellcat that proved to be a worthy contender for Japan.
Aichi D3A 'Val'
This Japanese plane was a hugepower during the beginning of thepacific war. This plane was a divebomber and was good at targetingships in the Pacific .The majorityof planes used during the pearlharbor attack on the morning ofdecember 7th 1941. this aircraftwas often called the Aichi D3A'Val'
Kamikaze WarfarePerhaps the most infamous form of aerialwarfare Kamikaze is a form of suicide aerialattacks committed by Japanese to hurt theAllies. Kamikaze attacks were actually notused until 1944, meaning “divine wind” it wasmade to believe an honor to have be in aKamikaze unit. A tactic primality used toattack ships the effectiveness was seen byallie ships. Over 3500 Kamikaze attacks werecommitted killing over 5000 sailors andsinking 37 Navy ships.
The idea of dieing for honor is a very old one however in Japan it was an idea well practiced. Having been a largebelief in samurai tradition it was viewed as shameful to surrender so instead of giving up or dying in battle theJapanese often deliberately committed suicide. In fact in 1945 before bombing of nagasaki and hiroshima theJapanese high command were planning on building thousands of Nakajima Ki115s planes designed only forKamikaze missions.
P-51 Mustang
Perhaps the most important fighter for the allies the Mustang is argued to be single handedly the best fighterplane of WW2. Having amazing performance at high medium altitudes as well as being able to keep up with theimmense speed of Hitlers Luftwaffe the P51 Mustang was the favored choice of Americans to have dog fights.Having fought in virtually every American Pacific battle during WW2 and playing a major role in Europe this planeis nothing short but a piece of American history.
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