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

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

Specification P.27/32 for an aircraft to replace the Hawker Hart as a light day bomber. This called for a single-engined two-seater monoplane able to fly 1,000 miles and have a speed of 200 mph whilst

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

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

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

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

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

could be catapulted from ships although in the end Hawker Hurricanes would fulfil this role. With the Fulmar seeing service in all theatres of war it provided the Royal Navy with a reliable long-range

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