A Brewster Buffalo Mk I at the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at Boscombe Down in Wiltshire, 24 February 1941. Brewster Buffalo Mark I, AS426, on the ground with engine running at the Aeropla More
A captured Focke Wulf Fw 190A-3 at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, with the RAE's chief test pilot, Wing Commander H J "Willie" Wilson at the controls, August 1942. Captured Focke Wulf Fw 190A-3 More
A Czech Spitfire pilot Karel Vykoukal of No. 313 Squadron in conversation with his rigger and fitter at Hornchurch, 8 April 1942. A Czech Spitfire pilot Karel Vykoukal of No 313 Squadron in conversation with hi More
A de Havilland Mosquito PR Mk XVI of No. 140 Squadron RAF warms up its engines at Melsbroek in Belgium, before taking off on a night photographic reconnaissance sortie, 15 February 1945. A De Havilland Mosquito More
A graphic line-up of all the personnel required to keep one Avro Lancaster of RAF Bomber Command flying on operations, taken at Scampton, Lincolnshire, 11 June 1942. The personnel required to keep one Avro Lanc More
A ground crewman helps a pilot of No. 601 Squadron RAF into the cockpit of his Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII at Venafro, Italy, 12 May 1944. A ground crewman helps a pilot of No. 601 Squadron RAF into the cockpi More
A Hawker Hurricane Mk I of No. 85 Squadron taxiing by the light of a flare at Debden, before taking off to intercept night raiders, 14 March 1941. A Hawker Hurricane Mark I night fighter of No. 85 Squadron RAF More
A Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB of No. 134 Squadron RAF taxies out past Russian sentries at Vaenga, near Murmansk, October 1941. A Hawker Hurricane Mark IIB, Z5253 'GA-25' of No. 134 Squadron RAF taxies out past Russ More
A Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC of No. 28 Squadron RAF flys alongside the Aya bridge, which spans the Irrawaddy River near Mandalay, Burma, during a low-level reconnaissance sortie, March 1945. A Hawker Hurricane Mar More
A Hawker Hurricane Mk IV of No. 6 Squadron RAF being serviced at Foggia in Italy prior to a sortie over the Adriatic, 24 July 1944. A Hawker Hurricane Mark IV of No. 6 Squadron RAF being serviced on an airfield More
A jeep is loaded aboard a Horsa glider during a large-scale airborne forces exercise, 22 April 1944. A jeep is loaded aboard a Horsa glider during a large-scale airborne forces exercise, 22 April 1944.
A Lockheed Hudson Mk III of No. 233 Squadron at North Front airfield at Gibraltar, March 1942. Hudson III T9459, part of No 233 Squadron's detachment at North Front airfield, with the famous Rock of Gibraltar p More
A party of riggers working on the tailplane of a Supermarine Spitfire of No. 601 Squadron at Lentini West, Sicily, 7 September 1943. A party of riggers working on the tailplane of a Supermarine Spitfire of No. More
A pilot of No. 175 Squadron RAF scrambles to his waiting Hawker Typhoon Mk IB fighter-bomber at Le Fresne-Camilly in Normandy, 24 July 1944. A pilot of No. 175 Squadron RAF scrambles to his waiting Hawker Typho More
A sergeant on flying control duty reports the landing of a Halifax Mk V of No. 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit at Holme-on-Spalding Moor, 21 October 1943. A sergeant on flying control duty reports in as a Halifax V More
A Short Sunderland Mk I flying boat of No. 210 Squadron RAF based at Oban in Scotland, patrols over a Canadian troop convoy on its way to Greenock, 31 July 1940. Sunderland Mark I, L2163 'DA-G', of No. 210 Squa More
A Short Sunderland Mk I of No. 10 Squadron RAAF, based at Oban in Scotland, August 1940. Short Sunderland Mark I, P9604 'RB-J', of No. 10 Squadron RAAF Detachment based at Oban, Argyll, about to take off from Oban Bay.
A Short Sunderland Mk I of No. 10 Squadron RAAF, based at Oban in Scotland, August 1940. Short Sunderland Mark I, P9604 'RB-J', of No. 10 Squadron RAAF Detachment based at Oban, Argyll, about to take off from Oban Bay.
A Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1 of No. 19 Squadron RAF being re-armed between sorties at Fowlmere, near Duxford, September 1940. A Supermarine Spitfire Mark 1A of No 19 Squadron, Royal Air Force being re-armed betw More
A Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXE of No. 412 Squadron RCAF, armed with a 250-lb GP bomb under each wing, taxies out for a sortie at Volkel, Holland, 27 October 1944. A Supermarine Spitfire Mark IXE of No. 412 Squad More
A Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII of No. 155 Squadron about to take off from Tabingaung, Burma, January 1945. A Supermarine Spitfire Mark VIII of No. 155 Squadron RAF, creates a cloud of dust as the pilot opens up More
A US-built Consolidated Liberator Mk I approaching Aldergrove in Northern Ireland after an eight-hour ferry flight across the Atlantic, May 1941. Liberator Mark I, AM922, approaching the Northern Irish coast to More