Moggy by Treflyn Lloyd-Roberts
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The RAF display Typhoon lights the afterburners as it blasts skywards to end its routine at the 2024 Bournemouth Air Festival. The aircraft wears special markings to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Aircraft: Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4 ZJ913. Location: SS Shieldhall, Bournemouth Bay, Dorset.
Flight Lieutenant Eric Stanley Lock DSO, DFC & Bar, sitting with his pet dog, in his Supermarine Spitfire Mk. V W3257 EF-Y of No. 611 Squadron during the summer of 1941 while based at Hornchurch, Essex, UK.
So I learned today that back in WWII the RAF tested a night-fighting strategy where they would send up an aircraft (a modified A-20 Havoc/Boston) that had a giant spotlight and radar on it with night fighters (Hurricanes) to seek out German bombers. The Boston would locate the bomber(s) and then shine its giant spotlight on them and illuminate the bomber so that the fighters could attack it
Lancaster by Treflyn Lloyd-Roberts
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It was so good to see the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's Lancaster back in the air again following the tragic loss of one of their pilots earlier in the summer. It is seen here displaying over Bournemouth during the 2024 Air Festival. Aircraft: Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Avro Lancaster B.1 PA474. Location: SS Shieldhall, Bournemouth Bay, Dorset.