The Hawker Hurricane was instrumental for helping Great Britain destroy more enemy aircraft than the Spitfire during WWII. Many historians believe that the Hawker was Great Britain's secret weapon for victory during the war. This model never
saw any action. The Hawker Hurricane was delivered to the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942, and recently recovered from a farm in Ontario.
6) The Messerschmitt 163 Komet
The Komet was a rocket-propelled fighter, built specifically to destroy high altitude bomber planes. The bomber's fatal flaw was the Walter rocket motor, which had a tendency to explode in flight. It was, however, a breakthrough in technology at
the time. The model seen here is only one of a dozen Me 163 fighter planes known in existence.
7) The Fieseler Storch
Storch is German for stork, and the plane had derived its name from the aircraft's bird- wings. What really made the Storch unique was its wings, which could be folded down, and transported via train. The Storch once rescued Benito Mussolini
from a prison rooftop in 1943, and even served as a form of transportation for Adolph Hitler. The model seen here was found in East Germany, sometime in the mid-1980s, and fully restored since.
8) The Focke-Wulf 190
For its time, the Focke-Wulf 190, was the most advanced radial engine fighter plane in the world. The unique design of the bomber allowed it to fly during ground attacks. German pilots had praised the Wulf for its low-altitude flying abilities. The
plane seen here was discovered by a hunter, sometime in the mid 1980s in Russia, and then transported to the United Kingdom, where it was restored. Remarkably, it had remained fully intact, despite crashing in a field.