29 Hawker Hurricane 19 Supermarine Spitfire 6 Bristol Blenheim 2 Boulton Paul Defiant With a further two squadrons on loan from the Fleet Air Arm: No. 804 Naval Air Squadron – Gloster Sea Gladiator

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 Gloster Sea Gladiators and the latter

Supermarine Spitfire (19 squadrons) Messerschmitt Bf 110 Bristol Blenheim (6 squadrons) Junkers Ju 88 Boulton Paul Defiant (2 squadrons) Dornier Do 17 Heinkel He 111 Junkers Ju 87 10th July

1941 when a pair from JG 26 shot down two Supermarine Spitfires. Initial combat reports from Royal Air Force pilots sometimes mistook the aircraft as captured Curtiss Hawk 75s. A revelation in service

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

such as the Avro Lancaster and Supermarine Spitfire. Read about British military aircraft that flew between 1930 and 1945 and served with the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm. Each British aircraft profiled

Hurricane Mk IIC RAF Manston Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum Hurricane Mk I Royal Air Force Museum, London Hurricane Mk IIC Royal Air Force Museum, Midlands Hurricane Mk I Science Museum

This would see the Supermarine Spitfires taking part painted with white stripes on the front of the aircraft to just before the cockpit and on the tail fin. Operation Rutter, as it was known, was scheduled

and in 1939 they tried to secure some Supermarine Spitfires, however priority of the type was given to the Royal Air Force. As 1940 progressed a lack of air cover was still an issue and contributed to

including the Supermarine Spitfire , and ground defences put together. Parasite Fighter To help with attacking Luftwaffe aircraft at night, Hurricanes would work alongside Douglas A-20 Havocs with