An entry for a R.A.F Photo shoot Competition 2000.
1940 Battle of Britain Fighter Command Pilot.
Photoshoot for the "Spitfire Watch Company" 2006.
Photoshoot for the "Spitfire Watch Company" 2006.
The supreme test of Fighter Command came during the summer of 1940 when the German Luftwaffe launched an offensive aimed at attaining air superiority over the Channel and UK as a prerequisite to the launch of a sea-borne invasion force (codenamed Operation Sea Lion). Fighter Command was divided into a number of Groups, each controlling a different part of the UK.
11 Group took the brunt of the German attack, as it controlled southeast England and London. It was reinforced by 10 Group, which covered southwest England, 12 Group, which covered the Midlands and East Anglia and 13 Group which covered the North of England and Scotland. In the end, the Germans failed to attain air superiority, although the RAF had been eating into its reserves during the middle of the battle. A shortage of aircraft was never a problem. The problem was a shortage of pilots. Pilots were getting shot down and killed faster than they could be trained. It took Fighter Command some months to recover from those losses and to go over to the offensive.
During 1939-45 RAF Fighter Command lost 3,690 killed, 1,215 wounded and 601 POW. 4,790 aircraft were lost.
Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief:-
14 July 1936 - Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
25 November 1940 - Air Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas
28 November 1942 - Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory
15 November 1943 - Air Marshal Sir Roderic Hill
14 May 1945 - Air Marshal Sir James Robb
SoldierBlue Fighter Boys.
We Portray various Fighter/ Fighter Bomber Command Sqns from most Theatres of Operations from 1940 Onwards.
We portray various events in the history of Figher command.
Desert Airforce , Malta siege, 2nd Tactical Airforce, Battle of France, Battle of Britain and South East Asia Command.
RAF 2nd TAF Typhoon pilot Normandy 1944.
RAF DAF Spitfire pilot Malta 1941.
RAF Spitfire pilot Europe 1941.
Polish AirForce Fighter Pilots BoB 1940, Sergeant and Officer.
A Typical Fighter Pilot Flying Officer BoB 1940.
Air support Fighter Pilots Operation "Jubilee" Dieppe Raid .
