'Westland Whirlwind' For many the name conjures up yellow air-sea rescue helicopters, not the sleek twin-engine monoplane that was the RAF's first single-seat c

Faster and better armed than the Spitfire, the Whirlwind was the RAF's response to a new generation of armoured German bombers which it expected to meet over En

This is a large format A-Z encyclopedia of every Allied and Axis fighting plane from 1933-1945 - from the famous to the lesser known - in all theatres of war fr

Detailed profile artworks and descriptions of 15 different RAF WW2 fighter types.