consisting of 29 Hawker Hurricane, 19 Supermarine Spitfire, 6 Bristol Blenheim and 2 Boulton Paul Defiant squadrons. It could also call on Nos. 804 and 808 Naval Air Squadrons, the former equipped with

year until the introduction of the Spitfire Mk IX and Hawker Typhoon started to turn the tide back in favour of the RAF. In fact so concerned by the Fw 190 were the RAF that a number of ideas were considered

In the end both aircraft were replaced by the Hawker Sea Fury and only eighteen Seafangs were built, with a number used at the range in Shoeburyness as targets. Back to the top Technical Details

Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane along with the Red Arrows to fly in formation with the visiting Lancaster, however bad weather put paid to this happening. Despite the bad weather, after around

who at the time were using the Hawker Hind, on the 20th September 1938 and by the time the Second World War (1939 - 1945) broke out in September 1939 ten squadrons were using the Hampden and early reconnaissance

squadrons were beginning to replace their Gladiators with Hawker Hurricanes. No. 263 Squadron, which reformed with the Gladiator on the 2nd October 1939 at RAF Filton, would be sent to Norway. Arriving

21, 464 and 487 Squadron, escorted by fourteen Hawker Typhoons attack Amiens prison in France with the intention of releasing resistance and political prisoners by breaching the prison wall. Whilst the

larger numbers and the aircraft's vulnerability to the Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire saw the aircraft move to night operations and other roles. One of these roles was as a transport aircraft

Competition would be fierce as Blackburn, Hawker, Vickers and Westland would all submit designs alongside Fairey. Fairey's submission would be designed by Marcel Lobelle and was known as the Fairey

squadrons comprising a number of aircraft including the Hawker Tempest Mk II and the de Havilland Hornet, when it became available. Alongside this the Australian First Tactical Air Force, equipped with