Hurricane Aces 1941-45 View in Store Author: Andrew Thomas Illustrator: John Weal Publication Date: 21 Nov 2003 Number of Pages: 96 The Hurricane saw widespread action with Allied forces, as the RAF’s first monoplane fighter. This book describes its many feats throughout 1945. It served as a fighter-bomber on the Channel Front, where the American…
Percy Charles ‘Pick’ Pickard flew a variety of aircraft during the war, from the Wellington bomber, through the Westland Lysander to the Mosquito, with which he appears in this Aces box. He had a reputation for being calm under fire and always focusing on the mission objective. This set contains: 1 x Plastic de Havilland…
The de Havilland Mosquito was a twin-engined multi-role aircraft for the Royal Air Force. Originally conceived as a fast bomber, it was also fearsome in a fighter role. This set contains: 6 x Plastic de Havilland Mosquito Advantage Flying Bases Set of Double-sided Pilot Skills Discs Aircraft Card Doctrine Card Aircraft Trait Cards View in…
There are not one but two Hawker Hurricane Aces for Blood Red Skies – Douglas Bader and Witold Urbanowicz. Available now from Warlord Games… Douglas Bader This set contains: 1 x Plastic Hawker Hurricane Advantage Flying Base Set of Double-sided Pilot Skills Discs Aircraft Card Aircraft Trait Card Ace Skill Card Johnny Johnson Ace Card…
The Hawker Hurricane squadron box contains 6 of these fearsome aircraft for your games of Blood Red Skies. Although somewhat overshadowed by the Supermarine Spitfire during the Battle of Britain, the Hurricane was responsible for a greater percentage of Luftwaffe losses and went on to serve throughout the war in all the major theatres. This…
While Johnnie Johnson missed the Battle of France and Battle of Britain due to a sporting injury, he went on to become the most successful RAF pilot against the Fw 190, destroying 20. He was also the highest scoring western fighter ace against the Luftwaffe in general. This set contains: Plastic Spitfire Advantage Flying Base…
Rule the skies over the seas with the new F4F Wildcat! View in Store When the US Navy and Marine Corps entered the Second World War, they had only one effective fighter aircraft available to them: the F4F Wildcat. Fortunately, the Wildcat proved more than equal to the task of holding the line. The Wildcat…
Rule the Guadalcanal with your Wildcat squadron led by ace pilot, Joseph J Foss! View in Store Joe Foss became the first American ‘Ace of Aces” in WWII during three months of frenzied air combat during the Battle of Guadalcanal, as he lead a flight of eight Marine Corps Grumman F4F Wildcats known as “Foss’s…
Ensure the Pacific Ocean is under your control with the Nakajima B5N ‘Kate’ , Japan’s main torpedo bomber! View in Store The B5N although didn’t compare up to other aircraft at the start of its involvement in the war, still served throughout the entirety of it. It had a 3-man crew, pilot, navigator/bombardier/observer, and radio…
F4F Wildcat vs A6M Zero-Sen – Pacific Theater 1942 View in Store Author: Edward M. Young Illustrators: Jim Laurier, Gareth Hector Publication Date: 20 Aug 2013 Number of Pages: 80 The Grumman F4F Wildcat and the Mitsubishi A6M Zero-sen were contemporaries, although designed to very different requirements. The Wildcat, ruggedly built to survive the rigours…
Josh Berridge