Vickers

Sopwith Camel F1 B6313 Major William George �Billy� Barker C/O No.139 Sqn Italy 1918

Sopwith F.1 Camel B6401 No.3 Squadron RNAS - Northern France 1918 Canadian ace Lloyd Samuel Breadner can surely claim to have flown one of the most distinctive Sopwith Camels on the Western Front. Featuring two large circles on the top wing his aircr,aft also included King of Diamonds playing cards on the top of the lower wings the badge of the Canadian Expeditionary Force carried behind the cockpit and a striking red and white �rising sun� on the tail and elevators - there can be no doubting...

Spitfire MkI AR21 Fighter Plane P9374 was the 557th Spitfire built. Delivered to 92 Squadron on the 6th March 1940 the aircraft quickly found itself along with the squadron moved down to Croydon just south of London to cover the Allied evacuation of

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IIa P7823 / TM-F "Down Belfast Telegraph Spitfire Fund", RAF No.504 Squadron, Ballyhalbert, Northern Ireland, March 1941One of the most fascinating aspects of aerial conflict during the Second World War was the subject of "Presentation Spitfires". Although other aircraft were certainly procured in this manner, the Spitfire was seen as being the fighter of the moment and the one which would bring the Commonwealth deliverance against their enemies. Desperate to do their...

Supermarine Spitfire PRU XIX 81 Squadron RAH Tengah 1951 'High Altitude of 51500 ft' While on detachment to RAF Tengah in Singapore this Spitfire flew some of the last and most dangerous photo reconnaissance missions of any Spitfire. Operating from S

Vickers Valiant B Mk.1 WZ404 207 Sqn RAF Luqa Malta Suez Crisis 1956 Following President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser's decision on 26th July 1956 to nationalise the Suez Canal Britain France and Israel all declared war on Egypt almost simultaneously

Vickers Valiant WZ3199 543 Sqn RAF - Wyton Cambs Jan 1957 Delivered to 543 Squadron in October 1956 WZ399 had a short life with the squadron. Deployed on exercise 'Snowdrop' in January of 1957 it was then that the aircraft received its distinctive re