Charlie: I still have an abreviated collection catching cobwebs in the basement. On to the topic as stated.
My favorite World War One Aircraft? The SpadXIII and the Neiuport 17 for the French (ANd Americans) The Vickers Gunbus, Spowith Camel and SE5 for the British and the Fokker Eindecker, Albatross DVII for the Germans AS far as fighters go Bombers? Handley-Page 400 and the CAproni series from Italy.
World War Two: British: Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane (The true hero of the BAttle of Britain) DeHaviland Mosquito, AVRO LAncaster and the Fairey Swordfish (The glorious "String bag" of Royal Navy fame) German: Bf-109, Focke-Wulf 190, Dornier DO-17 Messerschmidt ME-262 UNited States; P-51 Mustang, F4U-1 Corsair, B-17, P-40 Japan A6M Type 0, Emily flying boat, VAl dive bomber and strangely the Oka rocket powerd suicide bomber France: The Detowaine 240 which got little press and gets even less now but was one of France's best aircraft. Post WW2: The A-7 Corsair, Nimrod, F-4 Phantom, A-4 Skyhawk, P-3 Orion, the P2V Neptune, Dassault Mirage, IAI Kfir the Mig 17 anf the F-14 Tomcat.(To be honest, I worked on some of these while in the NAvy. Kindest regards, Neil