WWIIplanes

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Flt Lt ‘Stapme’ Stapleton of No 257 Sqn lets the wind flow through his hair as he flies and all-black Hurricane IIB from High Ercall during the summer of 1942. The Battle of Britain veteran was one of a number of aces from that campaign to volunteer for service with the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit	116
A meteorological pilot, Flying Officer J B Gordon of No. 521 Squadron RAF, prepares to don the many layers of clothes he wears for high-altitude weather flying, which are hanging from the radio aerial of his Gloster Gladiator Mark II, N5897 'E', at Bircham Newton, Norfolk.	115
A P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft (UN-V, serial number 41-6325), named "Lucky Little Devil" of the 56th Fighter Group. This aircraft was piloted by First Lieutenant John W. Vogt Junior, in the 63rd Fighter Squadron.	93
A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless dive bomber of bombing squadron VB-8, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) in May 1942.	91
2LT Ralph “Kid” Hofer of the 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group also used the Balkenkruz as his victory marking. He scored a total of sixteen and a half kills before he was killed in action on 2 July 1944.	88
During the evening of 8 June 1944, two days after D-Day, part of the crew of the sunken submarine U-970 was rescued by Do 24 W4+EH. The 14 men had spent 24 hours in a dinghy by the time they were picked up (T Postma)	76
Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk with crew, Cairns, 1942	69
Wing Commander A G Page, commander of 125 Wing, about to take off in his Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXE 'AGP' from Longues, Normandy. A 500-lb GP bomb is carried under the fuselage and two 250-lb GP bombs on wing racks.	65
Colonel C.B. Kelly, of the 406th Fighter Group, in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Skirty Bert III", at Handorf. Image via John Quincy.	60
The nose art of a B-24 Liberator nicknamed" Crow's Nest" of the 34th Bomb Group. Handwritten on reverse: '34 BG'.	59

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