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British Aircraft Corporation Lightning F.6
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1967-1988, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1990/0690/A
The Lightning was the Royal Air Force’s first truly supersonic aircraft and its introduction to front line squadrons in 1960 heralded the start of a new era in Fighter Command.
General Dynamics F-111F
Aircraft & Exhibits, SEP 1975-OCT 1995, Cosford, Hangar Four, X003-6734
The F-111 was a two-seater fighter-bomber designed to replace the Republic F-105 Thunderchief in United States Air Force service. The versatile aircraft entered the U.S. Air Force inventory in 1967, and the fighter version was retired in 1996.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Group photograph of 603 Squadron posing with a Bristol Beaufighter, April 1944
Photographs, In Storage, P020406
No. 603 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, a reserve component of the RAF comprised of civilians designed to reinforce the RAF. They were one of 20 squadrons incorporated into the RAF at the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939.
Messerschmitt Me 163B-1a Komet
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1945, London, Hangar Five, 85/A/66
The Me163 Komet rocket was deployed by the Luftwaffe in a desperate attempt to combat the Allied strategic bombing offensive during the closing stages of the Second World War. It was the only rocket propelled interceptor ever to be used operationally. It was not as successful as expected, only shooting down nine Allied aircraft for a loss of 14 Komets.
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (42-225845 R3-G) of the US 410th Fighter Squadron in flight over Normandy, 26 August 1944
Photographs, In Storage, PC98/173/6021/9
A Republic P-47 Thunderbolt of USAAF 410th Fighter Squadron soars over Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy, 26 August 1944, having been part of the tactical air support provided to the Allied Armies in Europe by the US Ninth Air Airforce.
A Republic P-47 Thunderbolt being worked on by engineers at the Thunderbolt Maintenance Depot, Normandy, 26 August 1944
Photographs, In Storage, PC98/173/6020/7
During the battle for Normandy that followed the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944, the Allies relied on air power to help support their advance.
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