Type 97 Carrier Torpedo Bomber - "Tenzan" (Mechanism of Military Aircraft 14)

Douglas TBD-1 "Devastator"
The Douglas TBD-1 during the immediate pre-WW II years was considered to be the most modern and efficient aircraft of her type. Aviation publications...

Aichi 99 Kanbaku "Val" Units (Osprey Combat Aircraft 63)
The Aichi Type 99 Carrier Bomber (D3A) – code named ‘Val’ by Allied intelligence – was the mainstay of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s carrier dive-bombe...

Savoia-Marchetti S.79 Sparviero Torpedo-Bomber Units (Osprey Combat Aircraft 106)
Italy’s most successful wartime bomber, the S.79 saw combat with the Regia Aeronautica in France, Yugoslavia, Greece, North Africa, East Africa and in...

TBF/TBM Avenger
The TBF/TBM Avenger was among the class of modern combat aircraft designed and built for the US Navy in the early 1940s. It was the most prolific torp...

Beaufighter in Action
One of the RAF's most successful and widely used twin engined fighter types, the Bristol Beaufightcr borrowed a number of design features from its tor...