World War II: The China, Burma, India Theatre

American Volunteer Group Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk Fighter - Major David Lee "Tex" Hill, 2nd Pursuit Squadron, Baoshan, China, 1942 (1:72 Scale)

The P-40 was the best known Curtiss-Wright designed airplane of the Second World War. It was also one of the most controversial fighters, vilified by many as being too slow, lacking in maneuverability, having too low a climbing rate, and being largely obsolescent by contemporary standards even before it went into production.

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American Volunteer Group Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Fighter - Robert Neale, 1st Squadron Commander, Kunming, China, 1942 (1:72 Scale)

The P-40 was the best known Curtiss-Wright designed airplane of the Second World War. It was also one of the most controversial fighters, vilified by many as being too slow, lacking in maneuverability, having too low a climbing rate, and being largely obsolescent by contemporary standards even before it went into production.

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American Volunteer Group Curtiss P-40N Warhawk Fighter - "Boss's Hoss," Lt. Col. William Reed, 7th Fighter Squadron, 3rd Fighter Group, Chinese-American Composite Wing, 1944 (1:72 Scale)

The P-40 was the best known Curtiss-Wright designed airplane of the Second World War. It was also one of the most controversial fighters, vilified by many as being too slow, lacking in maneuverability, having too low a climbing rate, and being largely obsolescent by contemporary standards even before it went into production.

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USAAF Curtiss P-40E Warhawk Fighter - John Landers, "Texas Longhorn", 9th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Group, Port Moresby, New Guinea, December 1942 (1:72 Scale)

The P-40 was the best known Curtiss-Wright designed airplane of the Second World War. It was also one of the most controversial fighters, vilified by many as being too slow, lacking in maneuverability, having too low a climbing rate, and being largely obsolescent by contemporary standards even before it went into production.

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RAF Hawker Audax Mk I Light Bomber - No. 28 Squadron, RAF Kohal, India, 1941 (1:72 Scale)

The Hawker Audax was a Hart variant, designed for the army co-operation role, seeing much service in the British Empire. The first Audax flew in late 1931, and eventually, over 700 Audaxes were produced (including export).

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American Volunteer Group Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk Fighter - 76th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, Kweilin, China, December 1942 (1:72 Scale)

The P-40 was the best known Curtiss-Wright designed airplane of the Second World War. It was also one of the most controversial fighters, vilified by many as being too slow, lacking in maneuverability, having too low a climbing rate, and being largely obsolescent by contemporary standards even before it went into production.

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RAF Westland Lysander Mk. IIIA Reconnaissance Aircraft - V9289, 357 Squadron, Burma, 1945 (1:72 Scale)

The Lysander is a two-seat reconnaissance and artillery spotting monoplane defined by Specification A 39/34 in response to Operational Requirement OR. 18. Three squadrons of Mk. Is and three of Mk. Us equipped during 1938/39 moved to France with BEF in 1939; about 50 Westland Lysanders were shot down and 30 destroyed on the ground in May 1940.

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Chinese Air Force Curtiss P-40N Warhawk Fighter - Wang Kuang Fu, 7th Fighter Squadron, 3rd Fighter Group, Laohokow, China, Jan 1945 (1:72 Scale)

The P-40 was the best known Curtiss-Wright designed airplane of the Second World War. It was also one of the most controversial fighters, vilified by many as being too slow, lacking in maneuverability, having too low a climbing rate, and being largely obsolescent by contemporary standards even before it went into production.

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Chinese Air Force Curtiss P-40N Warhawk Fighter - Chiao Wu O, 29th Fighter Squadron, 5th Fighter Group, China, 1944 (1:72 Scale)

The P-40 was the best known Curtiss-Wright designed airplane of the Second World War. It was also one of the most controversial fighters, vilified by many as being too slow, lacking in maneuverability, having too low a climbing rate, and being largely obsolescent by contemporary standards even before it went into production.

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USAAF Curtiss P-40N Warhawk Fighter - 89th Fighter Squadron "Burma Banshees", 80th Fighter Group, Assam Valley, Naggaghuli Base, India, 1944 (1:72 Scale)

The P-40 was the best known Curtiss-Wright designed airplane of the Second World War. It was also one of the most controversial fighters, vilified by many as being too slow, lacking in maneuverability, having too low a climbing rate, and being largely obsolescent by contemporary standards even before it went into production.

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RNZAF Curtiss P-40N Warhawk Fighter - "Gloria Lyons" NZ3220, No.4 Servicing Unit, Late 1944 (1:72 Scale)

The P-40 was the best known Curtiss-Wright designed airplane of the Second World War. It was also one of the most controversial fighters, vilified by many as being too slow, lacking in maneuverability, having too low a climbing rate, and being largely obsolescent by contemporary standards even before it went into production.

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Chinese Air Force Boeing Model 281 Fighter - 17th Squadron, Nanking, China, Summer 1937 (1:48 Scale)

The American Boeing P-26, nicknamed the "Peashooter", was the first all-metal production fighter aircraft and the first pursuit monoplane used by the United States Army Air Corps. The prototype first flew in 1932, and were used by the Air Corps as late as 1941 in the Philippines.

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USAAF Curtiss P-40N Warhawk Fighter - Major Gerald Johnson, 9th Fighter Squadron "Flying Knights", 49th Fighter Group, The Philippines, October 1944 (1:72 Scale)

The P-40 was the best known Curtiss-Wright designed airplane of the Second World War. It was also one of the most controversial fighters, vilified by many as being too slow, lacking in maneuverability, having too low a climbing rate, and being largely obsolescent by contemporary standards even before it went into production.

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RNZAF Brewster B339-E Buffalo Fighter - Noel C. Sharp, 488 Squadron, Singapore, 1941 (1:48 Scale)

Built by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation in Queens, New York City, the F2A Buffalo was the first production monoplane fighter to enter service with the US Navy. The F2A was an all-metal, single-engine, single-seat, mid-wing monoplane with retractable landing gear and a tail hook for carrier operations.

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Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Corps Brewster B339C Buffalo Fighter - 2-VLG-V, Lt. Diebel, Batavia, Java, 1942 (1:48 Scale)

Built by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation in Queens, New York City, the F2A Buffalo was the first production monoplane fighter to enter service with the US Navy. The F2A was an all-metal, single-engine, single-seat, mid-wing monoplane with retractable landing gear and a tail hook for carrier operations.

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Imperial Japanese Navy Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" Torpedo Bomber - 12th Naval Flying Group, China, 1940-'41 (1:72 Scale)

The Nakajima B5N (Allied reporting name: Kate) was the Imperial Japanese Navy's standard torpedo bomber for the first years of World War II. While the B5N was substantially faster and more capable than its Allied counterparts, the TBD Devastator and Fairey Swordfish, it was close to obsolescence by the time of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

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Captured Chinese Air Force Mitsubishi P-5016 Fighter - (c/n 3372, V-172), 1942-1943 (1:48 Scale)

The Mitsubishi A6M Zero was a light-weight carrier-based fighter aircraft employed by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945. It is universally known as Zero from its Japanese Navy designation, Type 0 Carrier Fighter (Rei shiki Kanjo sentoki), taken from the last digit of the Imperial year 2600 (1940), when it entered service.

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Captured US Army Air Corps Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero Fighter - Tadayoshi Koga's "Akutan Zero", September 1942 (1:48 Scale)

The Mitsubishi A6M Zero was a light-weight carrier-based fighter aircraft employed by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945. It is universally known as Zero from its Japanese Navy designation, Type 0 Carrier Fighter (Rei shiki Kanjo sentoki), taken from the last digit of the Imperial year 2600 (1940), when it entered service.

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Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi A6M2 "Zero" Fighter - 3-112, Lt. Minoru Suzuki, 12th Kokutai, China, 1941 (1:48 Scale)

The Mitsubishi A6M Zero was a light-weight carrier-based fighter aircraft employed by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945. It is universally known as Zero from its Japanese Navy designation, Type 0 Carrier Fighter (Rei shiki Kanjo sentoki), taken from the last digit of the Imperial year 2600 (1940), when it entered service.

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US Army Air Force Douglas A-20G Havoc Medium Bomber - "Little Joe", 389th Bombardment Squadron, 312th Bombardment Group, 5th Air Force, Early 1945 (1:72 Scale)

The Douglas A-20/DB-7 Havoc was a family of American attack, light bomber and night fighter aircraft of World War II, that served with several Allied air forces, principally those of the Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and United States.

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USAAF North American P-51C Mustang Fighter - Capt. Forrest H. Parham, Little Jeep, 75th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, Luliang, China, November 1944 (1:48 Scale)

No other aircraft of WWII could fly as high, go as far, or fight as hard as the famed Mustang. Piloted by a record 281 Aces, this agile and ferocious dogfighter tallied more kills than any other Allied airplane. As the bombers of the Eighth Air Force fought their way deep into Hitler's Germany, it was the Mustang that cleared the skies of Luftwaffe fighters.

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USAAF North American P-51B Mustang Fighter - Lt. Leonard R. Reeves, 530th Fighter Squadron "Yellow Scorpions", 311th Fighter Group, Pungchacheng, China, January 1945 (1:48 Scale)

No other aircraft of WWII could fly as high, go as far, or fight as hard as the famed Mustang. Piloted by a record 281 Aces, this agile and ferocious dogfighter tallied more kills than any other Allied airplane. As the bombers of the Eighth Air Force fought their way deep into Hitler's Germany, it was the Mustang that cleared the skies of Luftwaffe fighters.

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USAAF North American P-51D Mustang Fighter - Lieutenant Colonel Edward McComas, 118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron "Flying Yankees", 23rd Fighter Group, Luliang, China, January 1945 (1:48 Scale)

No other aircraft of WWII could fly as high, go as far, or fight as hard as the famed Mustang. Piloted by a record 281 Aces, this agile and ferocious dogfighter tallied more kills than any other Allied airplane. As the bombers of the Eighth Air Force fought their way deep into Hitler's Germany, it was the Mustang that cleared the skies of Luftwaffe fighters.

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Chinese Air Force Curtiss 81-A-2 (P-40B) Warhawk Fighter - "White 47", Ft. Leader Robert "R. T." Smith, 3rd Pursuit Squadron, Kunming, China, June 1942 (1:48 Scale)

The P-40 was the best known Curtiss-Wright designed airplane of the Second World War. It was also one of the most controversial fighters, vilified by many as being too slow, lacking in maneuverability, having too low a climbing rate, and being largely obsolescent by contemporary standards even before it went into production.

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Chinese Air Force Curtiss 81-A-2 (P-40B) Warhawk Fighter - "White 68", Ft. Leader Charles Older, 3rd Pursuit Squadron, Kunming, Burma, May 1942 (1:48 Scale)

The P-40 was the best known Curtiss-Wright designed airplane of the Second World War. It was also one of the most controversial fighters, vilified by many as being too slow, lacking in maneuverability, having too low a climbing rate, and being largely obsolescent by contemporary standards even before it went into production.

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RAF Vickers Wellington Mk. X Medium Bomber - No. 99 Squadron, Burma, 1942-'43 (1:72 Scale)

The twin-engine Wellington was the mainstay of Bomber Command until 1942, when the four-engine heavy bombers entered service. The Wellington prototype took to the air for the first time in June 1936 and production models entered service with the Royal Air Force in October 1938.

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