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Sopwith Camel F.1 B6313, Major William George 'Billy' Barker, C/O RAF No.139 Squadron, Italy September 1918The agile and highly manoeuvrable Sopwith Camel was without doubt one of the most successful Fighter aircraft of the First World War and accounted for more enemy aircraft destroyed than any other British type. Named Camel as a result of the hump shaped fairing that housed the two 0.303 in Vickers machine guns, this supreme Fighter aircraft was a real handful to operate effectively, with...

Sopwith F.1 Camel, No.3 Squadron RNAS, Lloyd S Breadner, Bray Dunes Aerodrome 1918 by Corgi Diecast Aviation Item Number: AA38109Canadian 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 aircraft 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...

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