Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Hawker Typhoon. Typhoon Mark IB, DN604 PR-F Mavis, of No. 609 Squadron RAF, on the ground at Manston, Kent. The aircraft displays a score tally of 18 locomotives More
Crest Presented To West Riding Squadron RAF The West Riding Auxiliary Squadron of the RAF has been presented with a crest which has been approved by the King. It shows two hunting horns surmounted by the White More
Ministry of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection Comment : Squadron Code PR appears to identify the aircraft as from No. 609 Squadron RAF. These are early model Spitfires, which may date i More
RAF Fighter Command 1940 Supermarine Spitfire Mk Is of No. 609 Squadron at Drem, February/March 1940.
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command Typhoon IB DN406/PR-F of No 609 Squadron at Manston, 14 May 1943.
Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. Flying Officer C "Cheval" Lallemant, a Belgian pilot of No 609 Squadron RAF receiving the congratulations of members of his squadron after being decorated with the DF More
Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. Squadron Leader R P Beamont, Commanding Offier of No. 609 Squadron RAF, sitting in the cockpit of his Hawker Typhoon Mark IB, R7752 'PR-G', at Manston, Kent.
Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. A still from camera-gun film taken from a Supermarine Spitfire Mark I of No. 609 Squadron RAF, flown by by Pilot Officer J D Bisdee, as he dives on a formation of Hei More
Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. Wing Commander M L Robinson, Tangmere Wing Leader, at Westhampnett, Sussex. During the Battle of Britain he flew with Nos. 601 and 238 Squadrons RAF, and commanded N More
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. Hawker Typhoon Mark IBs of No. 609 Squadron RAF start their take off run at Thorney Island, Hampshire, at the start of a sortie by No. 123 Wing to attack enem More
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. 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 R More
Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945. Group Caption G K "Sheep" Gilroy, Wing Leader of No. 324 Wing at Pachino, Sicily, where he also commanded the airfield. Gilroy joined the R More
IWM caption : Typhoon Mark IB, DN604 PR-F Mavis, of No. 609 Squadron RAF, on the ground at Manston, Kent. The aircraft displays a score tally of 18 locomotives destroyed in ground attacks on the fuselage side.
A still from camera gun footage taken from a Supermarine Spitfire Mark I of No. 609 Squadron RAF flown by Pilot Officer R.F.G. Miller, showing a Heinkel He 111 of KG 53 or KG 55 taking hits in the port engine f More
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. 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 More
A still from camera gun film shows tracer ammunition from a Supermarine Spitfire Mark I of No. 609 Squadron RAF, flown by Flight Lieutenant J H G McArthur, hitting a Heinkel He 111 on its starboard quarter. The More
IWM caption : Flight Lieutenant Piotr Ostaszewski-Ostoja, nicknamed by his British colleagues as Osti, a pilot of No. 609 Squadron RAF during the Battle of Britain and No. 306 Polish Fighter Squadron afterward More