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Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIb aircraft of No. 134 Squadron at Vaenga, 1941 during Operation Benedict

Photographs, In Storage, P031209

In 1941, an unusual RAF mission was launched. Operation Benedict saw No. 151 Wing Royal Air Force, with two squadrons of Hawker Hurricane fighters, deploy to Vaenga in the Northern part of the Soviet Union, inside the Arctic Circle.

An aircraft in the snow in northern Russia, 1941, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset

A Soviet sentry guards a Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB of No. 134 Squadron at Vaenga during Operation Benedict, 1941

Photographs, In Storage, P031208

In 1941, an unusual RAF mission was launched. Operation Benedict saw No. 151 Wing Royal Air Force, with two squadrons of Hawker Hurricane fighters, deploy to Vaenga in the Northern Soviet Union, inside the Arctic Circle.

A sentry guards an aircraft in the snow. Aircrew walk around it, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset

Hawker Hurricane Mk IIb's of 151 Wing at Vaenga during Operation Benedict, 1941

Photographs, In Storage, P031210

In 1941, an unusual RAF mission was launched. Operation Benedict saw No. 151 Wing Royal Air Force, with two squadrons of Hawker Hurricane fighters, deploy to Vaenga in the Northern part of the Soviet Union, inside the Arctic Circle.

An aircraft flies over a snow covered landscape, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset

Recording of interviews with Mr Leslie Kemp and Mr R.B. Brigham, 13 November 1978

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/24

Interviews with Leslie Kemp, who served in the Royal Naval Air Service and Fleet Air Arm, and R.B. Brigham, who was a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps.

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Hawker Hurricane Mk IIb aircraft of No. 151 Wing at Vaenga during Operation Benedict, 1941

Photographs, In Storage, P031211

In 1941, an unusual RAF mission was launched. Operation Benedict saw No. 151 Wing, Royal Air Force, with two squadrons of Hawker Hurricane fighters, deploy to Vaenga in the Northern Soviet Union, inside the Arctic Circle.

One aircraft flies over another that is on the ground under camouflage netting, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset