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Warbirds Poster Bundle

Legion Magazine — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 12:47:37 +0000

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Boeing B-17G (V.3)

Legion Magazine — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 14:13:20 +0000

Crewed by 10 and bristling with up to 13 .50-calibre machine guns, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was the iconic daylight bomber of WW II. Reliable, durable and instantly recognizable, it was along with the nighttime Lancaster a mainstay of the bombing campaign over Nazi-occupied Europe between 1942 and 1945. More B-17Gs were produced than any other version. Photo […]

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Boeing B-17G (V.2)

Legion Magazine — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 14:08:35 +0000

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Boeing B-17G (V.1)

Legion Magazine — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 14:02:42 +0000

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Spitfire (V5)

Legion Magazine — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:58:39 +0000

Oh, to sing and soar among the clouds! The Spitfire was known for its deft handling, so admired by its pilots that their common refrain was that “you don’t fly a Spitfire, you wear it.” The plane’s signature elliptical wings were designed by Canadian aerodynamicist Bev Shenstone. It was the quintessential British fighter of the […]

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CF-18 & Spitfire

Legion Magazine — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:52:20 +0000

The Royal Canadian Air Force is celebrating its 100th anniversary throughout 2024. Here, two icons of Canada’s fighter forces fly together over Gatineau, Que., in a moving tribute to the air and ground crews of yesterday, today and tomorrow. Photo by Stephen J. Thorne Details: 18 inches x 12 inches (actual print size is: 17.25 inches x […]

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CF-18 Hornet

Legion Magazine — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:48:55 +0000

The first of 138 McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornets were delivered to the RCAF in 1982. Canadian pilots have since flown the aircraft on NORAD patrols, in the 1991 Gulf War and on operations in the Balkans. They helped enforce the Libyan no-fly zone in 2011 and conducted operations against ISIL from 2014-2016. First deliveries of […]

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Redtails P-51C Mustang

Legion Magazine — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:38:40 +0000

Formed as the 99th Pursuit Squadron, USAAF, in 1941, the all-Black Tuskegee Airmen trained at Alabama’s Tuskegee Army Air Field. They became known to many a grateful bomber crewman as the Redtails for their red-trimmed aircraft, which included the P-40 Warhawk and, later, the legendary P-51 Mustang, as well as bombers. Nearly 1,000 Redtail pilots […]

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Spitfire Mk IX (V6)

Legion Magazine — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:23:36 +0000

There were faster fighters, fighters with longer ranges, and fighters with more firepower. But there was no more beautiful nor revered WW II fighter than the Supermarine Spitfire. Along with the Hawker Hurricane, it forged its reputation in the Battle of Britain. The Spit came in more than 20 variants between 1936 and 1948. The […]

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C-47 Dakota

Legion Magazine — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 15:53:27 +0000

The Douglas C-47 Skytrain, or Dakota, was developed from the civilian DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during the Second World War, delivering paratroopers to drop zones, towing glider-borne troops into Arnhem and the Rhine crossing at Wesel, evacuating casualties, and supporting British forces fighting the Japanese in Burma. Photo by Stephen J. Thorne […]

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