Intelligence Officer (C); questions pilots of No 501 Squadron after sortie, RAF Hawkinge, 15-Aug-1940. (L/R): Stefan Witorzenc, Hugh Adams, John Gibson, Paul Farnes, Antoni Gowacki, Bob Dafforn, Kenneth Lee, George Stoney. Farnes was the last remaining Battle of Britain fighter ace, dying in 2020.
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.
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.
[Military] 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.
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.
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.
"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 × 1748]
A Ju 87 Stuka captured by No. 601 Squadron of the RAF after the Battle of El Alamein in December 1942 gfycat.com/yellowtenseeag…
Heinkel He 111 abandoned during the retreat after the Battle of El Alamein and 'commandeered' by No. 260 Squadron RAF, who painted it with RAF roundels and the unit code letters 'HS-?'. They used it to fly supplies, beer and other necessities from Alexandria to their bases in Libya
B-25 Mitchell bomber of No. 320 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF goes down over occupied Europe after having its nose blown off by flak in late 1943
Finish Stuff Friday: Italeri Canadair CL-15 Sabre Mk. V, RCAF No. 410 Squadron, RAF Station North Luffenham England, 1952. reddit.com/gallery/s42rda
1943. Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX's of No. 611 Squadron RAF based at Biggin Hill. (860 x 612)
Flight Lieutenant A R Costello of No. 112 Squadron RAF standing by the nose of his Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk IA at Sidi Heneish, Egypt.
A Canberra B.2 of No. 75 Squadron lands at RAF Tengah following the squadron's first bombing strike during the Malayan Emergency. 1958. [3733x2789]
Bristol Blenheim Mk I L8402 of No.39 Squadron RAF shot down by Italian Fiat CR.32 over Somalia on August 12th 1940
A flight of Baltimore Mk II's from No. 55 Squadron RAF, 1942.
December 1941. Handley Page Halifax heavy bombers of No. 35 Squadron RAF bombing the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in dry dock at Brest, France. (800 x 584)
RAF fighters of No. 609 Squadron engage Heinkel He 111s during the Battle of Britain on 26 September 1940 gfycat.com/quarrelsomeunr…
Armourers wheeling one 500-lb and two 250-lb GP bombs into position for loading onto a Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX of No. 132 Squadron RAF at B11/Longues, Normandy (1944).
UK. c 1940-42. The pilot of a Handley Page Halifax heavy bomber of No. 35 Squadron RAF prior to take off at Linton-On-Ouse, Yorkshire. (800 x 528)
Luftwaffe soldiers help a captured British pilot rescued off the coast of Crete. In the photo, a crew member of a Maryland Mk.II from No. 203 Squadron RAF, Sergeant William James Charlesworth.
Boulton Paul Defiant Mk Is of No. 264 Squadron RAF based at Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire, late July 1940. [960x729]
A mechanic paints V-1 victory markings on the cockpit of the Mustang of No. 315 Polish Squadron RAF piloted by its commander Eugeniusz Horbaczewski, credited with 16 1/3 victories over planes and three downed V-1 bombs
Boulton Paul Defiant Mk Is of No. 264 Squadron RAF based at Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire, late July 1940.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945, Flight -Sergeant J Morgan, the rear gunner of an Avro Lancaster of No. 630 Squadron RAF at East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, checks his guns in the Nash & Thompson FN20 tail turret before taking off on a night raid on the marshalling yards at Juvisy-sur-Orge,
Squadron leader of 15th Squadron RAF (No. 15 Squadron RNZAF) Michael James Herrick (05/05/1921 - 06/16/1944) in the cockpit of a P-40M fighter on Guadalcanal.
Aircrew of No. 252 Squadron RAF climb into the back of a lorry for the drive to their Headquarters at Idku, Egypt, after a successful strike on an enemy supply train carrying guns and ammunition near Bir Abu Mischeifa.
Malayan Emergency. October 1956. de Havilland Venom FB.1 fighter-bombers of No. 14 Squadron RNZAF, based at RAF Tengah Singapore, power up for a mission. (564 x 409)
A P-40 Kittyhawk belonging to No. 112 Squadron of the RAF in North Africa sometime in 1941
British Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC fighter of No. 42 Squadron RAF, piloted by Flying Officer Campbell, attacking a bridge on the Nambol River near Imphal, India, May 1944
Harrier Gr.3s of RAF No.3 Squadron Gütersloh (2400x1900)
My latest, Tamiya’s 1/48 RAF Mustang Mk.III (P-51C) in the colours of no. 617 Squadron. Thanks for looking! reddit.com/gallery/qq832k
1942. A pilot of No. 6 Squadron RAF stands by his Hawker Hurricane Mark IID at Shandur, Egypt. (756 x 693)
Boulton Paul Defiant Mk Is of No. 264 Squadron RAF based at Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire, late July 1940.
Flight Lieutenant A R Costello of No. 112 Squadron RAF standing by the nose of his Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk IA at Sidi Heneish, Egypt.
Flight Lieutenant A R Costello of No. 112 Squadron RAF standing by the nose of his Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk IA at Sidi Heneish, Egypt.
Flight Lieutenant A R Costello of No. 112 Squadron RAF standing by the nose of his Curtiss Kittyhawk Mark IA at Sidi Heneish, Egypt, April 1942.
1942. A pilot of No. 6 Squadron RAF stands by his Hawker Hurricane Mark IID at Shandur, Egypt. (756 x 693)
Gun camera footage shot from a P-51 Mustang Mark III flown by Flying Officer J. Butler of No. 65 Squadron RAF, as he shot down a Focke-Wulf Fw 190D of II/JG 26 which was attempting to attack an Avro Lancaster over Cologne, Germany
Kota Bharu Airfield, Malaya. 12 December 1941. A Japanese soldier inspects a Brewster Buffalo fighter of No. 243 Squadron RAF. (550 x 347)
Focke-Wulf FW 200 Kondor (KG40) sinking in the Atlantic Ocean after being shot down by a Lockheed Hudson Mk V from No. 233 Squadron RAF. reddit.com/gallery/qlw29v
Kota Bharu Airfield, Malaya. 12 December 1941. A Japanese soldier inspects a Brewster Buffalo fighter of No. 243 Squadron RAF. (550 x 347)
Martin Baltimore bombers of No. 223 Squadron RAF fly through anti-aircraft fire over Italy on November 5th 1943
The loading of the wounded onto British American-made C-47 transport aircraft (Douglas Dakota Mk.III) at the Bazenville airfield. Aircraft from the No. 512 Squadron RAF and the No. 575 Squadron RAF) are visible in the frame. 1944
B-25 Mitchell of No. 320 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF goes down after having its nose blown off by flak in late 1943
"Short Sunderland Mark I, L2164 'DQ-M', of No. 228 Squadron RAF, on fire in St Paul's Bay, Malta after being hit for a second time by Messerschmitt Bf 109s of 7/JG26. L2164, already damaged from the previous attack on 7 March 1941, ultimately sank after efforts to tow her ashore failed."
Night fighter pilots of No. 85 Squadron RAF, wait in the crew room at Debden, Essex. They are wearing goggles to adjust their eyes for night flying. Joining them is squadron dog Kim, 1941.
