Westland Wessex, Lynx, and Wasp

Submarine-Destroying Aircraft of All Time

Submarines mauled shipping and threatened the survival of many nations in the second world war. One way to fight back was with anti-submarine warfare aircraft. Attacking a submarine from the air was a dangerous game, as surfaced submarines fired back at their attackers with machine guns and cannon. Converted bombers would roar a few hundred…

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Messerschmitt Me 262

Second World War planes with huge firepower

In the First World War, fighter aircraft typically had only two light machine guns. By the Second World War, the firepower available to combat aircraft had increased dramatically. An arsenal of massive cannons firing explosive shells, combined with multiple heavy machine guns and a vast supply of ammunition, made some combat aircraft high-speed flying ‘battleships’. Here…

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