"A formation of Supermarine Spitfire Mark IIAs of No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron dip their wings as they pass the saluting base during a visit by WΕadysΕaw Raczkiewicz, the President of Poland, to RAF Northolt, 4 April 1941." Β© IWM (CH 2442).
050-Squadron X-wing 2.0 Batrep - #133 "Range 3 obstructed..... no problem". youtube.com/watch?v=GG5_Uβ¦
Badges of No. 133, 121 and 71 (Eagle) Squadrons RAF. reddit.com/gallery/klcf3d
No. 151 Wing Royal Air Force Operations in Russia, September-november 1941 A Russian sentry stands guard in the snow at Vaenga as groundcrew work on a Hawker Hurricane Mark IIB of No. 134 Squadron RAF outside its hide.
An Armourer of a light bomber squadron of No. 326 Wing RAF unpacks a 250-lb GP bomb from its crate at Souk el Khemis ('Kings Cross'), Tunisia, during the final Allied offensives in North Africa.
Operation TORCH: airmen of No. 3201 Servicing Commando loading ammunition drums for the Supermarine Spitfire Mark Vs of No. 322 Wing RAF at Maison Blanche, Algeria. Operation TORCH was the first occasion on which RAF Servicing Commandos were used.
Armourers load a 250-lb GP bomb into the outboard port wing-cell of a Fairey Battle of No. 103 Squadron RAF at Betheniville (France, 1939-1940)
WWII. March 1943. RAAF Flying Officer E. Musgrave of No. 137 Squadron RAF shown standing on the port side wing of his Westland Whirlwind heavy fighter. He was awarded the DFC on 12 March 1943 but sadly was lost on operations near Gravelines, France on 18 March 1943. (463 x 654)
Ferranti Mark IID gyroscopic gunsight mounted in a Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX of No. 127 Wing RAF at Bazenville, Normandy, 17 August 1944. Select the desired enemy plane for better accuracy.
Leading Aircraftmen Norman Bond of Swindon and William Webb of Addington, Surrey, carry a rocket projectile to load under the wing of Bristol Beaufighter Mark X, NE646 'V', of No. 211 Squadron RAF Detachment at Ranchi, India 1943
F/Lt Francis David Stephen 'Scottie' Scott-Malden on the wing of his Spitfire of 603 Squadron at RAF Hornchurch, November 1941
Brendan Finucane, aka "Spitfire Paddy," was the youngest pilot ever to rise to the rank of Wing Commander and one of the highest kill rates in RAF history. irishcentral.com/roots/hiβ¦
Brendan Finucane, aka "Spitfire Paddy," was the youngest pilot ever to rise to the rank of Wing Commander and one of the highest kill rates in RAF history. irishcentral.com/roots/hiβ¦
Wing Commander Richard Brooker No. 486 Squadron RAF, in a Hawker Tempest, does some great deflection shooting and scores several hits on an Fw 190A near Hanover, Germany in April 1945. Then does a flyover to inspect the crash.
W C Baldwin of RAF 146 wing stands on his Hawker Typhoon at Sainte Croix sur Mer, Summer 1944.
Wing of a Bf 109 G-6/R3 shot off at 38,000ft by S/L Ian Blair of No.602 Sqaudron RAF, in Spitfire HF. VII MD114 (1944)
Virgin BAE vs Chad RAF Wing Commander
RAF Mustang MK I of No. 268 Squadron. Smoke comes from its wings as it opens fire on a locomotive in the Netherlands. February 4th, 1943.
An RAF Wing Commander inspects a 1,000-lb GP bomb slung beneath the fuselage of a Curtiss Kittyhawk Mark IV of No. 450 Squadron RAAF in a dispersal. Cutella Airfield, south of Vasto, Abruzzoβs Region, Italy, 1944. Colourised by "PieceofJake".
German Junkers Ju 90/0007 (serial J4+JH) of Lufttransportstaffel 290 turns for land as it comes under attack from a RAF Martin Marauder piloted by Wing Commander W.S.G Maydwell, the CO of No. 14 Squadron, off Bastia, Corsica on 22 July 1943
Wing Commander Richard Brooker No. 486 Squadron RAF, in a Hawker Tempest, does some great deflection shooting and scores several hits on an Fw 190A near Hanover, Germany in April 1945. Then does a flyover to inspect the crash.
Fire crews attempt to extinguish the last fires among burnt-out North American Mitchells of No. 139 Wing RAF at B58/Melsbroek, Belgium, after the major daylight attack on the airfield by Luftwaffe fighter-bombers, (Operation BODENPLATTE).
Raf Wings Graduation Gift Help
Hi Everyone,
My partner will be receiving his Wings in a few weeks (rotary). I'd like to get him a gift to commemorate this, but I'm not really sure what to go for.
Has anyone received any thoughtful / personalised gifts that they could recommend?
I'm thinking along the lines of engraved hipflask, nice pen etc.
In need of some inspiration!
Thanks in advance.
I took the Typhoon to war: Interview with RAF Wing Commander Mike Sutton hushkit.net/2021/12/29/i-β¦
Wing Commander C F "Bunny" Currant. Flying with No. 605 Squadron RAF during the Battle of Britain, Currant destroyed 13 enemy aircraft. In late 1941 he became Commanding Officer of No. 501 Squadron RAF and, in April 1942 Wing Commander Flying at Ibsley. He became a wing leader in 1944.
The RAF is 100 today! Liberator crew of No 311 (Czech) Squadron and dog sat on the wing of a Liberator Mk IIA, possibly serial number LV343 at RAF Beaulieu, 21 July 1943.
Custom painted dartboard sporting an MC-130H, HC-130 and MH-53 from the 352nd Special Operations Wing at RAF Mildenhall hanging in my office!
RAF Santa Claus hands out presents to Dutch children at Volkel, Holland. Members of No 122 Wing saved their sweet ration for weeks to give the children a proper Christmas party. After safe passage issues with the Sled and the Luftwaffe fighters he decided to come by Hawker Tempest. Merry Xmas!
A formation of Martin Baltimores from the RAF no. 232 Wing during an attack on El Alamein (North Africa) as seen from the ventral gunner position of another Baltimore. 2nd Battle of El Alamein Oct-Nov 1942.
[Magic Johnson] After being blown out by the Nuggets 133-96, we as @Lakers fans can accept being outplayed but we deserve more than a lack of effort and no sense of urgency. Owner @JeanieBuss, you deserve better.
> After being blown out by the Nuggets 133-96, we as @Lakers fans can accept being outplayed but we deserve more than a lack of effort and no sense of urgency. Owner @JeanieBuss, you deserve better.
Magic coming in hot
Edit: he turned off replies too lol
Borisov Safonov, Hero of the Soviet Union, speaking with 2 Flight-Sergeants of No. 151 Wing which was sent by the RAF to Murmansk for 5 months in 1941
"Bombs explode on Ywataung-Myitkyina railway line near the Irrawaddy River in Burma, during a raid by Bristol Blenheims of No. 167 Wing RAF operating from airfields in India." IWM WW2 photo.
Hawker Hurricane MKIIBs of No. 151 Wing RAF scramble from Vaenga airfield, Murmansk Oblast, USSR - between September-November 1941
Hurricanes of No. 151 Wing RAF, one of only three Western Allied units to fight in the Soviet Union during World War II, at Vaenga airfield near Murmansk, 1941 [2371 Γ 1772 px]
Today we remember the events of 16-17 May 1943 as Lancasters of 617 Squadron took off from RAF Scampton to execute Operation Chastise, the raid designed to cripple Germany's Ruhr valley industrial heartland by destroying 3 dams. Of the 133 RAF aircrew involved 53 did not return
"Bombs explode on Ywataung-Myitkyina railway line near the Irrawaddy River in Burma, during a raid by Bristol Blenheims of No. 167 Wing RAF operating from airfields in India." WW2. [3248x2480]
Kittyhawk Mark I fighter with the RAF 112 Squadron taxiing through the scrub of the Libyan desert, 2 April 1942. The crewman on the wing is helping guide the pilot whose view is obscured by the aircraftβs raised nose.
During the Battle of Britain, the RAF didn't have enough planes to train its pilots. So they used bicycles with wings to practise formation flying instead. Here, three trainees practice flying in the 'Vic' formation.
An F-15C Eagle assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, prepares to receive fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 100th ARW, RAF Mildenhall, during exercise High Life over the North Sea, Sept. 13, 2021.(7564x5403)
Original color photo of the RAFβs top-scoring fighter pilot, Wing Commander James βJohnnieβ Johnson, with his Spitfire and pet Labrador βSallyβ in Normandy. 1944. [1570 x 2048]
Kittyhawk Mark I fighter with the RAF 112 Squadron taxiing through the scrub of the Libyan desert, 2 April 1942. The crewman on the wing is helping guide the pilot whose view is obscured by the aircraftβs raised nose.[1200x777]
"Happy Xmas Adolf": RAF ground crew load a 4,000 lb "Cookie" blockbuster bomb on to a de Havilland Mosquito of No. 128 Squadron RAF, 1944 [2325 Γ 1748]
USAAF Capt Don Gentile sits on the wing of his P-51B Mustang βShangri-Laβ of the 336th Fighter Squadron at RAF Debden, Essex, England, 1944-45.
Armourers fit two extra 60-lb rocket-projectiles to the four normally carried on the wing rails of Hawker Typhoon Mark IB, MN178 'PR-V', of No. 609 Squadron RAF at B77/Gilze-Rijen, Holland. The ability of the Typhoon to carry twelve instead of eight RPs was, however, little-used.
