Following the article about the Dornier Do.17, it’s time to learn more about the remarkable bomber named Junkers Ju.88, coming in WW2 Wings of Glory Squadron Packs in two versions: an A-1 model used by Kampfgeschwader 77 and an A-4 model from Küstenfliegergruppe 506. The Junkers Ju.88 was another example of an interwar design concept for a “fast bomber” which would be able to outrun fighters …
Four new Special/Squadron Packs, featuring the bombers Dornier Do.17 and Junkers Ju.88, are coming to WW2 Wings of Glory. Let us learn more about the Dornier Do.17 and its two versions presented in the packs: Do.17 Z-2 and Do.17 Z-10. Even before Hitler gained power in 1933, the German military had begun a stealthy re-armament program, with cover stories to hide the development of new weapons. …
The German dive bomber and ground attack aircraft Junkers Ju.87, best known as “Stuka”, was widely used during the first part of the Battle of Britain and is featured in one of the Squadron Packs released together with the new WW2 Wings of Glory Starter Set. While some stories suggest that the Stuka came about because Ernst Udet fell in love with the American Curtis “Goshawk,” …
The Hawker Hurricane Mk.I, one of the fighters featured in the WW2 Wings of Glory Squadron Packs, was very much a “transitional” design between the past and the future. It was Britain’s first low-wing monoplane fighter, but originally made with a boxy construction and doped linen covering that was not that different from early Sopwith biplanes. Metal covered (and much lighter constructed) wings first appeared in …
The backbone of the Luftwaffe’s fighter force in WW2, the Messerschmitt Bf.109 is now coming in both the WW2 Wings of Glory Battle of Britain Starter Set and in a Squadron Pack, in its E-3 version. Also called Me 109, it’s one of the most enduring fighter designs in history. Selected in direct competition with three other vendors, the Me 109 combined the smallest, lightest airframe …
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