__________ 1944 Gloster Meteor A Gloster Meteor of No 616 Squadron intercepts a V1 flying bomb over the Home Counties in 1944

__________ 1943 Supermarine Spitfire VIII Supermarine Spitfires Mk. VIIIs from No 607 Squadron pass low over the ruins of Naga village during the battle for Imphal, Burma

__________ 1943 North American Mustang A Mustang I from No 168 Squadron takes off on a reconnaissance mission from an advance airstrip in Normandy in summer 1944. This variant was fitted with the American Allison engine, the long-range fighter-escorts had the more powerful ...

__________ 1942 Supermarine Spitfire IX The Spitfires of 127 Wing led by Wing Commander Johnnie Johnson strafe an enemy airfield during a sweep over Northern France in 1943. This was in essence a Mark Vc with a more powerful engine

__________ 1942 North American Mitchell North American Mitchell IIs from No 180 Squadron at RAF Dunsfold on a daylight mission over Northern France in 1943. Named after the American bombing pioneer Billy Mitchell, this light bomber was made in greater numbers than any other...

__________ 1935 Supermarine Walrus A Supermarine Walrus Air-Sea Rescue amphibian picks up a ditched pilot from the English Channel in 1941. This was a development of the Supermarine Seagull and was a very angular single-engined biplane. The slab-sided fuselage hull was...

__________ 1935 Supermarine Scapa One of No 204 Squadron's Supermarine Scapa flying-boats over the harbour and lighthouse at Alexandria

__________ 1935 Hawker Fury Hawker Fury IIs from No 27 Squadron taxi forward ready for take-off. The Fury was faster than larger contemporary fighters and had an excellent rate of climb. It was an ideal single-seater interceptor

__________ 1934 Vickers Vincent A Vickers Vincent from No 55 Squadron circles over the Iraq Command Boat Club sheds at Habbaniya, its home base in 1938. This three-seater 'general purpose' aircraft served throughout the Middle East and Africa until 1942 and saw action...

__________ 1934 Vickers Valentia A Vickers Valentia military transport of No 31 Squadron, which in 1938 was engaged in troop-carrying operations in India