Header image: Mk Vb Spitfires on the deck of the RN aircraft carrier HMS Eagle before flying off to Malta during Operation PICKET on 21st March 1942. The Spitfires have the large Vokes air filters under the nose to counter the dusty conditions on Malta, and are fitted with 90-gallon ‘slipper’ belly tanks.
Header image: BBMF Hurricane Mk II LF363 has been painted in its new colours as 303 Kościuszko Sqn’s ‘RF-J’. (Photo: via BBMF)
As part of its ‘Major’ servicing at Biggin Hill, BBMF Hurricane Mk II LF363 has been repainted into its new colours as ‘RF-J’ of 303 Kościuszko (Polish) Squadron during the Battle of Britain.
Header image: Previous winner of the BBMF Experience Day prize, Neil Ashworth, and his guests watch Spitfire IIa P7350 taxying out, followed by Hurricane Mk IIC PZ865, for a sortie that included a flypast over Westminster Abbey, London. (All photos: Clive Rowley)
The RAF Memorial Flight Official Club's ballot prize for March is a fantastic, ‘money cannot buy it’, chance of a lifetime for Club members to win an Experience Day with the BBMF at RAF Coningsby.
