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Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 two-seat reconnaissance and light bomber biplane.© IWM (Q 69314)

Squadron Leader J M Bryan, Commanding Officer of No. 198 Squadron RAF, inspects the damaged starboard wing of his Hawker Typhoon Mark IB, JR366, at Manston, Kent, after returning from a ‘Roadstead’ mission involving an attack on three flak ships off the Dutch islands. Anti-aircraft fire from the vessels exploded cannon shells in the starboard ammunition pan, blowing off the panel and holing the wing. Bryan however returned unhurt and made a safe landing at base. © IWM (CE 108)

Tempest Mark V, EJ705 ‘W2-X’ of No. 80 Squadron, on a dispersal at an airfield in Holland, late 1944. © IWM (MH 6860)

Pilots of No. 601 (County of London) Squadron run to their waiting Hurricane aircraft at RAF Northolt, 9 January 1941. Squadron scramble staged for General ‘Hap’ Arnold, USAAF. © IWM (HU 2408)