The Master III was powered by the Pratt and Whitney R-1535. This was the 3rd engine type for the Master after the original RR Kestrel went out of production and there was a shortage of Bristol Mercury engines. After evaluation by the Royal Aircraft Establishment, W8437 served with No. 5 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit at Ternhill, Shropshire. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

Part of a French order for Bostons diverted after the fall of France to the RAF as Havoc Mk.1 Initially used armaments trials with the Aircraft Gun Mounting Establishment and the Air Fighting Development Unit, before a brief period of service with 5 Squadron in July-August 1941. AX910 finally served with No. 1453 (Fighter) Flight at Wittering, Huntingdonshire, before crashing at Aldwinkle St Peters, Northamptonshire, on April 3, 1942. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

The Fleetwings Model 27 was a private venture radio controlled aerial gunnery target built in 1940 and known as the A-1. It had fabric covered 20ft span wings with split flaps and fabric covered empennage and flight controls. A Continental A65 engine gave a top speed of 180 mph. The radio set was located in a compartment positioned on the center of gravity, so with the equipment removed it could carry a pilot. On 1 April 1940 test pilot William H. Engle took it for a flight from the Aircraft Radio Corporation airfield at Boonton/NJ. Military designation believed to be OQ-1. No further examples were built. Collection holder William Engle is the son of Fleetwings test pilot William H. Engle.

Supermarine "Walrus" MK-IV of the Argentine Navy on their Cruiser "La Argentina" during a visit to San Francisco in 1940.

One of three Fw 200s ordered in early 1939 by Dai Nippon Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan - Manchuria Aviation Company). Not delivered and used 'briefly' by Lufthansa, then to KG 40 of the Luftwaffe. Destroyed by the RAF at Bordeaux - Mérignac on 13 April 1941, so the 1940 dating of this photo is probably accurate. Photo from: Fortepan

After the battle for the Netherlands early May 1940, a number of LVA aircraft were captured and were used by the Luftwaffe as beute-flugzeuge including this Fokker D.XXI. The three white mice on the nacelle were the symbol of 1 JaVA of the LVA. The symbol was placed on the six aircraft which were stationed at Eelde Airport. Two of them survived the hostilities.

The Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke, nicknamed the "Bolly", was a Canadian build version of the Bristol 149 Blenheim Mk.IV. One Bolingbroke Mk.I was converted in a floatplane Mk.I with Edo floats. Photo by the Bristol Aeroplane Co. Ltd.

Albacore in flight. The markings place it around 1940. Possibly L7075 but I could be wrong. Scanned from an original reproduced photograph by Westland Aircraft Ltd dated Mar 1963, (wet stamped to rear) from my collection, photographer unknown.

PAA-Africa acquired the aircraft in 1941. It was destroyed by fire at Khartoum, Sudan, on March 10, 1942. A few days later it was allocated a USAAF serial 42-38257 and designated a C-49H. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

The Maple Leaf II was a new design although similar in layout to the Maple Leaf I, which was had began as the Wallace Trainer. The Wallace was sold to CCF before it had flown. The RCAF rejected the Maple Leaf II and it, plus two incomplete aircraft, jigs and blueprints, was sold to the Mexican air force. It built 10 as the Ares 2. Photo from: Ken Molson fonds - Ingenium

Crashed at Arrow Lake, BC on July 12, 1953. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

Apparently photographed in southern Argentina. Delivered from Germany in 1937. R-346 Tierra del Fuego to LV-CAB in 1938, to LV-AAI in 1942. To Argentinian ministry of Agriculture in 1950 as LV-ZIF. Crashed near Rauch, Buenos Aires on a spraying flight in 1956. Photo by: John Phillips / Life

Sold in Belgium as OO-APM in April 1948. Photo from: City of Vancouver Archives

Now one of three Hinds contributing to a restoration project. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand

Impressed (ex-ZK-ACV) in 1940 this Waco saw little use in the air or as an instructional airframe. Broken up in 1941. Photo from: Des White/Air Force Museum of New Zealand

Ex ZK-AEC impressed in 1939. Scrapped in 1945 due to damage caused by the tropic conditions in Fiji where it was based for four years. Photo from: RNZAF/Air Force Museum of New Zealand

Ex ZK-AEG. Returned to airline use in 1945 as ZK-AHW. Back to the RNZAF in 1946 and was scrapped soon after. Photo from: RNZAF/Air Force Museum of New Zealand

EX RAF, supplied for pilot training in 1939. The Gordons were found to be worn out and were retired by 1943. Photo from: RNZAF/Air Force Museum of New Zealand