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The Grumman Wildcat was the only fighter that the US Navy had in the first year of the war that had a fighting chance against the Japanese Mitsubishi Zero It had a curious landing gear arrangement that was made even more strange because required the pilot to manually pump on a lever to...

Initially tapped as a bomber escort, the P-47's short range meant that it was supplanted by the Mustang - it switched over and came into its own in the ground attack role It had eight 0.5 inch machine guns in its wings and was able to carry three 500 pound bombs and rockets, and interdicted...

A Spitfire Mk XVIII - one of the later variants with the bubble canopy and Griffon engine, instead of the classic Merlin engine It remains one of the most beautiful shapes to take the the skies - this angle showing its elliptical wings in all its glory It looked fantastic from any...

Here is the last instalment of photographs from last weekend. Some iconic shapes that remain just as graceful 70 years later: The Northrop P-61 Black Widow was the first fighter designed around an airborne radar This one crashed in Indonesia and was recovered in the early 2000s, with...

The Flying Fortress taking off against a foreground of WW2 renactment props - almost a scene from back then Triangle L Fortresses were based in Ridgewell England - again a photograph of what it might have looked like back then The Fortress unfortunately concentrated on sightseeing missions...

Finally, what is to me the queen of the skies: The beautifully-restored B-17G "Yankee Lady" Taxiing past the show line on the way to taking off It is pretty much standard fare for any Flying Fortress restoration to locate and reinstall its gun turrets - this tail turret is the...

Its shape prompted B-17 crews to refer to the Liberator as, "the box that our plane came in" In 1942, it took part in the Ploesti oil field raids that was out of range for the B-17s, a key part of cutting Germany's oil supply Leading a gaggle of Mitchells departing on a display mission...

The Grumman TBF Avenger was the primary US Navy torpedo bomber in the latter half of WW2 Its early success was hampered by defective torpedoes that were soon fixed Former US President George Bush Sr. flew (and was shot down) in one of these Although built as an LB-30, this is...

Old carrier flight deck partners, the Dauntless with a Grumman TBF Avenger - together they wrecked havoc on the Japanese navy One of its slow passes, showing its underside - it accounted for all four Japanese carriers that were sunk during the pivotal Battle of Midway In full "dirty"...

This represents the Imperial Japanese Navy's Aichi D3A 'Val' It is actually a converted T-6 Texan and played a convincing role in the original Pearl Harbor movie Lined up with its old foe the Grumman Wildcat In a Pearl Harbor renactment, the Val makes passes along with a...

They fly close enough that you can make out individual rivets and crew name markings with a 400mm lens Even planes are not immune to bug-splatter Being marshalled into position - it has much better visibility with its nose landing gear though The Yankee Warrior is a rare D-model -...

The design was versatile, performing ground attack roles in addition to medium-level bombing. This has 4 additional 0.5 calibre guns in the fuselage sides Starts a bombing run. Considering the slipstream and size of the bomb bay doors, they open and close really quickly Starting a...

The Commando is more expensive to operate than the Dakota, and fewer survive to this day. The B-25 Mitchell was the first Allied bomber to bomb Japan during WWII A bombing mission was dreamed up - launching from an aircraft carrier in the Pacific, bombing targets in Japan and landing in...

Sitting on its tail with its nose in the sky, the pilots can only see sky and have to taxi using their side windows The paintjob and organization changed after the war, but the role and the aircraft remained. This is a postwar paintjob It also had a central role in the Berlin Airlift...

The C-47/DC-3 Dakota/Skytrain was a cornerstone of Allied efforts during WWII and provided that crucial airborne assault component in the hours before D-Day's H-Hour Fueled and ready to go What paratroops might have saw as the time approached For the allies, if it wasn't a four...

For a few hundred dollars, you can buy yourself a backseat ride in one of these planes for a once in a lifetime experience

Relatively easy handling characteristics and cheaper operating costs made it popular and ensured that a good number survived the post-war scrapping drive Highly modified examples are also used for the Reno Air Races, but the ones on this weekend are all beautifully restored The weekend...

I had the unique opportunity to attend the World War II Weekend at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum (based in Reading, Pennsylvania). Being close to the 70th anniversary of D-Day, it was a significant weekend of remembrance. These shots were made with a Canon 5D, and a Canon 6D. Lenses used were...

Sooner or later you will be adding your own user marks to the lens. It may have already been there from the factory. But it should not affect the photographs you make with the lens. If it does, and can clearly be shown, you have a case, not only with the shop, but with Canon themselves, to have...

Just because its in focus doesn't make it a good shot. It needs to tell a story.