The Vampire first flew in september 1943 from Hatfield, England, piloted by Geoffrey de Havilland Junior. The first Vampire model, the F.1, entered service, in the RAF in late 1945, too late to partecipate in the WW2. The plane underwent rapid development and equipped many squadrons of many Air Forces over all the world primarly in the fighter-bomber role. In this role it was highly capable, being small, agile, relatively fast and yet able to carry bombs and rockets projectiles as well as 20 mm cannons. The shape of the plane was dictated by the engine. In contrast to the Meteor, De Havilland chosed a one-engined aircraft and a twin-boom layout to reduce the lenght of the jetpipe and to get maximum performance from the low-powered engines of the time. The fuselage was constructed from Mosquito-style plywood sandwich with balsa as a stabilishing filling. The aircraft included in this package is a Royal Air Force De Havilland DH-100 Vampire F Mk.3 from the 608th Squadron, RAF Thornaby Base, 1950-51.