Compare WW2 Aircraft

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Four P-51B Mustangs of the 361st Fighter Group in formation over RAF Bottisham, England, 1944

P-51D Mustang vs Bf 109G

The duel that decided the skies over Europe

1944–1945 · European Theater

Wing Commander Johnnie Johnson on his Spitfire Mk IX with his dog Sally at Bazenville, Normandy, July 1944

Spitfire Mk IX vs Bf 109G

The legendary rivalry that defined the air war over Western Europe

1942–1945 · European Theater

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat of VF-9 in flight over the Pacific, February 1944

F6F-5 Hellcat vs A6M Zero

The Pacific hunter that broke the legend of the Zero

1943–1945 · Pacific Theater

B-17 Flying Fortresses in combat box formation over Europe with smoke rising from targets below, 1943

B-17G Flying Fortress vs Avro Lancaster

Two bombing philosophies that burned the Third Reich

1942–1945 · European Theater

Republic P-47D Thunderbolt razorback variant in flight, serial 225969, 1944

P-47D Thunderbolt vs Fw 190A

Heavyweight brawlers of the European air war

1943–1945 · European Theater

Soviet Il-2 Shturmoviks attacking during the Battle of Kursk, 1943

Il-2 Shturmovik vs Ju 87D Stuka

The armored flying tank versus the precision dive bomber

1941–1945 · eastern-front

B-29 Superfortress of the 20th Bomber Command near Chengdu, China, during World War II

B-29 Superfortress vs Avro Lancaster

America's atomic bomber against Britain's dam-busting heavy

1942–1945 · Pacific Theater

Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighters at Rechlin-Lärz Airfield in 1944

Me 262A Schwalbe vs P-51D Mustang

The world's first jet fighter against the war's finest piston-engined escort

1944–1945 · European Theater

P-47D Thunderbolt vs P-51D Mustang

America's great fighter rivalry, the indestructible Jug against the long-legged Mustang

1943–1945 · European Theater

Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIV of No. 610 Squadron RAF flown by Squadron Leader R.A. Newbury at Friston, Sussex, July 1944

P-51D Mustang vs Spitfire Mk XIV

The debate of the century, America's long-range champion against Britain's ultimate dogfighter

1944–1945 · European Theater

Lockheed P-38 Lightning preserved at Fantasy of Flight museum, showing the distinctive twin-boom design

P-38J Lightning vs P-51D Mustang

Twin-engine firepower meets single-engine elegance, America's greatest fighters across two theaters

1943–1945 · Pacific Theater

Spitfire LF Mk IXc MH424 in flight, showing the iconic elliptical wing planform

Spitfire vs Hurricane

Britain's Battle of Britain Icons, The Thoroughbred and the Workhorse That Saved a Nation Together

1940–1944 · European Theater

P-51B Mustangs of the 361st Fighter Group at RAF Bottisham, England, 1944

P-51D Mustang vs Spitfire Mk IX

Allied Legends Compared: America's Long-Range Escort vs Britain's Supreme Dogfighter

1943–1945 · European Theater

P-51D Mustang of the 375th FS, 361st Fighter Group, 8th Air Force in flight over France

P-51D Mustang vs Fw 190A

America's premier escort fighter against the Luftwaffe's devastating radial-engine interceptor

1944–1945 · European Theater

Supermarine Spitfire in flight over a town, showing the distinctive elliptical wing shape

Spitfire Mk IX vs Fw 190A

The stopgap marvel versus the Butcher Bird, the Channel Front's defining rivalry

1942–1945 · European Theater

P-47D Thunderbolts of the 1st Air Commando Group taking off in formation with distinctive striped markings

P-47D Thunderbolt vs Bf 109G

The seven-ton Jug versus the Gustav, brute force meets Teutonic precision over the Reich

1943–1945 · European Theater

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