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• ROYAL AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT INTERWAR PERIOD

  part of "VICKERS ARMSTRONG LIMITED"

  Spitfire HF Mk.7, chassis MD124, viewed on the ground.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT INTERWAR PERIOD

  part of "ASHWORTH R C B (MR)"

  Spitfire PR Mk.10 fitted with pressure cockpit, ground view.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT INTERWAR PERIOD

  part of "VICKERS ARMSTRONG LIMITED"

  Spitfire PR Mk.10 fitted with pressure cockpit, ground view.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT INTERWAR PERIOD

  part of "VICKERS ARMSTRONG LIMITED"

  Spitfire Mk.9. Experimental float-plane seen during its take-off run.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT INTERWAR PERIOD

  part of "VICKERS ARMSTRONG LIMITED"

  Spitfire Mk.9, chassis number MJ892. Experimental float-plane in flight, viewed from slightly above.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT INTERWAR PERIOD

  part of "VICKERS ARMSTRONG LIMITED"

  Spitfire T Mk.8, chassis number N32. Post-war conversion of Mk.8 to two-seater trainer, in flight banking to port.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND, 1939-1945.

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION/BRITISH INFORMATION SERVICE, WASHINGTON DC" (photographs)

  Groundcrew refuel Supermarine Spitfire Mark VB, 'ZD-Z', of No.222 Squadron RAF, from a tractor-towed petrol bowser, while armourers replenish its .303 machine guns, at North Weald, Essex.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND, 1939-1945.

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION/BRITISH INFORMATION SERVICE, WASHINGTON DC" (photographs)

  Pilots of No.222 Squadron RAF talking with the Station Commander at North Weald, Essex, while standing in front of one of the Squadron's Supermarine Spitfire Mark VBs.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND, 1939-1945.

  part of "HUNT L" (photographs)

  Wing Commander J A Kent (left) talking with Wing Commander N W Zimmerman.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: FIGHTER COMMAND

  part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs)

  'Babs VI', a Typhoon of No 174 Squadron, coded XP-K, was photographed at Volkel on 9 February 1945, the day after it was written off in a wheels-up landing. Like so many aircraft crashes, this one was down to engine failure rather than enemy action.