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Header image: BBMF Hurricane Mk II LF363 wore 501 Sqn AuxAF code letters on its starboard side in 2017-18. (Photo: Claire Hartley). Inset: Fg Off Philip Cox went missing on 27th July 1940 and for almost 85 years had no known grave.

On 27th July 1940, during the early and critical stages of the Battle of Britain, 12 Hurricanes of 501 (County of Gloucestershire) Squadron were scrambled from Hawkinge, taking off at 17.36 with orders to patrol Deal and Dover at 5,000 feet. The Squadron’s Red Section was led by the experienced pilot and recently appointed OC ‘A’ Flight, Flying Officer Philip Anthony Neville Cox, flying Hurricane P3808. Just seven days previously he had claimed a Me Bf 109 destroyed and shared in the destruction of another.

All members of the RAF Memorial Flight Official Club are automatically entered into our monthly prize draws to win some special prizes. There have been some marvellous prizes won by Club members from April to June 2025. These were the ballot prizes and the lucky Club members who won them.

During 2025 we are continuing to present the image from the Club calendar in the newsletter for that month, with some details about the picture, including when and where the photo was taken. All the photos in the calendar were taken by Club members.