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• 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 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.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND, 1939-1945.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: RAFFPU

  A section of three Supermarine Spitfire Mark VBs of No. 416 Squadron RCAF taking off from Westhampnett, Sussex.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND, 1939-1945.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: RAF Film and Photographic Unit

  De Havilland Flamingos of No. 24 Squadron RAF at Hendon, Middlesex. In the foreground an advance party of Russian officials disembarks from R2765 "Lady of Hendon" to be greeted by senior RAF officers and representatives of the Foreign Office, having...

• ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND, 1939-1945.

  part of "130 SQUADRON ROYAL AIR FORCE" (photographs) Made by: No. 130 Squadron RAF

  Supermarine Spitfire Mark VBs of 'B' Flight, No. 130 Squadron RAF, in dispersals on the eastern side of the airfield at Ballyhalbert, County Down. 'PJ-Z', the aircraft in the foreground, was flown by Free-French pilot, Lieutenant Jacques Andrieuz.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND, 1939-1945.

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

  Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4/B, NN644, of No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft Circus) Flight based at Collyweston, Northamptonshire, parked at Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, during the unit's 11th tour of operational stations giving flying demonstrations. This aircraft...

• ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND, 1939-1945.

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

  Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4/B, NN644, of No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft Circus) Flight based at Collyweston, Northamptonshire, parked near the control tower at Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, during the unit's 11th tour of operational stations giving flying...