2010-01-11
Click to enlarge image Wonderfully atmospheric photo of Polish Spitfire Mk. VB JH-H of No. 317 (Polish) Squadron “Wilenski”, surrounded by a flock of ...
2009-02-16
Click on the image to enlarge 1941 advertisment for Rotol constant-speed propellers, by the standards of the era referred to as “airscrew”. The introduction ...
2009-02-16
Click on the image to enlarge 1941 advertisement of Rolls-Royce aero engines, showing the proud profile view of the Merlin (believed to be the ...
2008-12-21
Click to enlarge image Another presentation Spitfire photographed freshly off the factory. AA963, Spitfire Mk. VC ‘Borough of Southgate’ was funded by the people ...
2008-12-08
Click to enlarge image Spitfire Mk. IIa, P7666, in the markings EB-Z of No. 41 Squadron. This was the personal aircraft of the unit’s ...
2007-12-17
Click on the image to enlarge By 1941, the popularity of the Spitfire was already firmly established on the other side of the Atlantic. ...
2007-09-29
Click to enlarge image Sqn/Ldr R.M. Milne, 92 Squadron, in the cockpit of his Spitfire Mk. V, Digby, 2 December 1941. At the time ...
2007-09-29
Click to enlarge image Pilots of No. 452 Squadron: Brendan “Paddy” Finucane (centre), Keith William “Bluey” Truscott (left) and Raymond Thorold-Smith (right). 1941, Kirton ...
2007-09-25
Click to enlarge image This Mk. VA was one of the few Spitfires supplied to the United States for evaluation. By request of gen. ...