GUI 0801 Guillows 1/12 Sopwith Camel 71cm WIngspan This temperamental British World War 1 fighter was flown by such distinguished pilots as Lt. Col R. Collishaw, Major D. R. MacLaren and the most famous of all, Capt. Roy Brown. Capt. Roy Brown engaged in...

GUI 0203 Guillows 1/12 Nieuport 11 'Bebe' 60cm WIngspan

GUI 0202 Guillows Royal Aircraft Factory SE5A The most famous British scout plane of World War 1. Designed and built by the Royal Aircraft Factory, 2,973 S.E. 5 and 5A machines had been delivered by October 1918. Mostly employed on the western front, the...

Outstanding among American aircraft produced during World War 1, the Thomas Morse Scout filled the gap between the Curtiss primary trainers and the French scout planes that American pilots were to fly in France. More than 550 planes were delivered to the signal Corps...

GUI 0204 Guillows Fokker DR-1 Triplane Introduced over the western front in August 1917, the Fokker Triplane soon became the favorite plane of Germany’s greatest World War 1 ace, Baron Manfield von Richthofen. After scoring numerous aerial victories, von Richthofen was shot down in...

GUI 0802 Guillows Cessna Skyhawk 91cm Wingspan Claimed by its maker the Cessna Aircraft Co. of Wichita, Kansas to be the best selling single engine airplane in the world, the Skyhawk can take four adults and their baggage at 134 M.P.H. for 450 non-stop...

GUI 1004 Guillows Vought F-4U-4 Corsair Nicknamed the “Sweetheart of Okinawa” by the U.S. Marines and “Whistling Death” by the Japanese, the Corsair performed effectively in two years- the Pacific conflict of World War 2 and the Korean engagement of the early 1950’s. The...

GUI 1005 Guillows Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat The first production F6F-3 took to the air in Oct. 1942, and by Jan. 16, 1943, operational F6F-3’s were being delivered to the U.S. Navy. More than 2500 joined the naval service in 1944 with production of the...

Although it had a radial engine, the German Focke-Wulf Fw-109 was one of the most beautifully proportioned fighters of World War 2. The pride of Marshall Goering, the 190 maintained superiority over the British Spitfire 5 for almost two years because it could out...

GUI 1002 Guillows Junkers JU-87B Stuka Early in World War 2, the world was stunned by the effective dive bombing tactics of the JU 87 Stuka. First tested in the Spanish Civil War, it went through considerable design changes before emerging as the formidable...

GUI 0401 Guillows Messerschmitt Bf-109 Tempered in the Spanish Civil War, the Messerschmitt BF-109 was ready and waiting when the German invasion of Poland started World War 2. The outstanding fighter of the day, the Messerschmitt quickly overcame all opposition and maintained its supremacy...

GUI 2001 Guillows Lockheed P-38L Lightning The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a revolutionary fighter for the time with its tricycle landing gear, twin boom and turbo-superchargers. The first models were accepted by the Army Air Force in October 1941 and, by the end of...

GUI 0405 Guillows Curtiss P-40 Warhawk The P-40 earned undying fame as the "Flying Tiger" of World War 2 when flown by General Claire Chennault's Volunteer Group fighting the Japanese in China and Burma. It also saw much service in the Middle East where...

GUI 1001 Guillows Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Although partially overshadowed by the famous Mustang, the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt established a distinguished record as a high altitude interceptor and bomber escort. More Thunderbolts were manufactured during World War 2 than any other American fighter, and the...

GUI 0402 Guillows North American P-51D Mustang The North American P-51 Mustang was probably the best all-around single-seat piston engine fighter to be used in World War 2. The first U.S.A.A.F. combat group arrived in Britain in November 1943 and from then until the...

In two early U.S. Navy engagements of World War 2, the Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway Island, the carrier based Dauntless dive bomber played an historic part in blunting the Japanese offensive that began at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Fulfilling...

GUI 0807 Guillows Charles Lindbergh Spirit of St Louis The Spirit of St. Louis, piloted by Charles A. Lindbergh, made the first non-stop flight between New York and Paris on May 20-21, 1927. Time airborne-33 hours and 30 minutes. Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt...

GUI 0803 Guillows Stearman PT-17 The majority of U.S. pilots of World War 2 received their primary flight training in the famous Stearman Trainer. This excellent 2-place biplane was known as the PT-17 when delivered to Army flight training centers. The Navy designations were...

GUI 0403 Guillows Supermarine Spitfire No fighter of World War 2 is more deserving of fame than the Supermarine Spitfire. During the Battle of Britain, the Spitfires blunted the attack of the German Luftwaffe and buoyed British hopes in their darkest hour. It also...