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Vietnam War Military Collectibles

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Second World War Militaria


The Birks Foundation goes one step further than militaria items.  We thoroughly investigate information about the war era itself.  This gives us a view into the past about the people and actions that affected the outcome of the wars fought.

Air War - Second World War:  Choose from the links Below:

Air Forces

  • Royal Air Force
  • Luftwaffe
  • Japanese Air Force
  • United States Air Force
  • French Air Force
  • Red Army Air Force

Royal Air Force: Aircraft

  • Avro Lancaster
  • Bristol Beaufighter
  • Fairey Firefly
  • Gloster Meteor
  • Handley Page Halifax
  • Hawker Hurricane
  • Hawker Typhoon
  • Mosquito
  • Supermarine Spitfire
  • Vickers Wellington

The Luftwaffe: Aircraft

  • Arado Ar 234
  • Dornier D017
  • Focke Wulf Fw 190
  • Focke Wulf Ta 152H
  • Heinkel He111
  • Heinkel He 162
  • Henschel 126B
  • Junkers Ju 88A
  • Junkers Stuka
  • Messerschmitt Bf109
  • Messerschmitt 110
  • Messerschmitt Me 262

United States Air Force: Aircraft

  • B-17 Flying Fortress
  • B24 Liberator
  • B-25A Mitchell
  • B-29 Superfortress
  • Vought Corsair
  • Curtiss P-36
  • Douglas SBD-3
  • Grumman Hellcat
  • Lockheed Hudson
  • Mustang P-51B
  • Republic Thunderbolt
  • Seversky P-35

Japanese Air Force: Aircraft

  • Aichi D3A1
  • Kawasaki Ki-32
  • Mitsubishi A5M
  • Mitsubishi A6M
  • Mitsubishi ki-21
  • Mitsubishi G3M
  • Nakajima Ki-27
  • Nakajima Ki-43

Red Army Air Force: Aircraft

  • Ilyushin Il-10
  • Lavochkin LaGG-3
  • Mikoyan-Gurevich
  • Petlyakov Pe-2
  • Tupolev Tu-2
  • Yakovlev Yak-9

Royal Air Force: Men

  • Douglas Bader
  • Donald Bennett
  • Harry Broadhurst
  • Leonard Cheshire
  • Arthur Coningham
  • Alan Deere
  • William Sholto Douglas
  • Hugh Dowding
  • Hugh Dundas
  • Basil Embry
  • Guy Gibson
  • Arthur Harris
  • Johnnie Johnson
  • Edgar J. Kain
  • James Lacey
  • Trafford Leigh-Mallory
  • Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt
  • Clifford McEwen
  • Geoffrey Page
  • Richard Pape
  • Keith Park
  • Marmaduke Pattle
  • Richard Peirse
  • Charles Portal
  • Robert Saunby
  • John Slessor
  • Arthur Tedder
  • Jeff West

United States Air Force: Men

  • Henry Arnold
  • Ira Eaker
  • Millard Harmon
  • Curtis LeMay
  • Carl Spaatz
  • Paul Tibbets

Bombing Campaigns

  • Blitz
  • Berlin
  • Dresden
  • Cologne
  • Hamburg
  • Tokyo

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