Read more: 17 Best Fighter Jets In The World Today Just for fun, let's set a baseline to see just how far aircraft evolution pushed on in WWII. In terms of aircraft evolution, the Gloster ...

The de Havilland DH100 Vampire, a British fighter jet developed by the de Havilland Aircraft Company, was the second jet-powered aircraft to be operated by the Royal Air Force , following upon the ...

It was manufactured by Rolls Royce at Barnoldswick in Lancashire in 1943 and is of the type used in the RAF's first jet fighter the Gloster Meteor. It represents the start of the "jet age" of ...