History's Greatest Aircraft

The Junkers Ju 52, which was originally designed as an airliner, but was used as a transport, bomber, and air ambulance during the Second World War

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, a Second World War-era fighter aircraft produced by the American company Republic Aviation from 1941 until 1945

The Yakovlev Yak-3, a Second World War Soviet fighter that was regarded for its performance at low altitudes and its agility

German Second World War fighter, the Messerschmitt Bf 109. Along with the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, it serves as the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter force

The Hawker Hurricane was the first RAF aircraft to fly over 300mph. Over half of every enemy aeroplane destroyed in the Battle of Britain was by a Hurricane, not a Spitfire

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, which has be one regarded as one of the most important aircraft of the Cold War era