Clash of Wings would provide a glimpse at the speed and efficiency of what was to come throughout the rest of World War II. Aircraft featured: Hawker Hurricane, Supermarine Spitfire, Messerschmitt Bf 109, Messerschmitt Bf 110, Junkers Ju 88, Heinkel He 111, Dornier Do 17, Dornier Do 217, Junkers Ju 87, Bristol Blenheim, Fairey Battle and Junkers Ju 52. The Russian Front: Operation Barbarossa and Germany's failure to bring a quick resolution to that particular campaign was arguably the turning point of the war in Europe. Aircraft featured: Polikarpov I-153, Tupolev SB-2, Il-2, PE-2, Bf 109F/G, Ju 88, Ju 87, Ju 52/3m, Yak-9,
Bristol Aeroplane Company Bristol Record Office include the papers of Lionel Harris, an engineer at the Bristol Aeroplane Company in the 1940s (Ref. 42794) (online catalogue) The Bristol Engine Company was originally a separate entity, Cosmos Engineering, formed from the pre-First World War automobile company Brazil-Straker. In 1917, Cosmos was asked to investigate air-cooled radial engines and, under Roy Fedden, produced what became the Cosmos Mercury, a 14-cylinder two-row (helical) radial, which they launched in 1918. This engine saw little use but the simpler nine-cylinder version known as the Bristol Jupiter was clearly a winning design. With the post-war rapid contraction of military