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Lancaster Bombercirca 1945: A Royal Air Force Lancaster Bomber in flight. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Wellington Bombers8th February 1940: A flight of Vickers Wellington long range bombers, used by the Royal Air Force to undertake raids into Germany and elsewhere. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Fly Past31st May 1956: Shackletons of RAF Coastal Command at a Fly Past over Buckingham Palace at the ceremony of Trooping the Colour. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Supermarine SpitfireA Supermarine Spitfire IIa P7350 (foreround), and a Hawker Hurricane IIc LF363 with markings as they appeared in Guy Hamiltons film Battle Of Britain, 1969
RAF ScrambleRAF fighter pilots run for their planes. (Photo by Reg Speller/Getty Images)
British Army Airspeed Horsa Glider Forcecirca 1944: Four British Army Airspeed Horsa gliders with their tails detached for unloading and a Waco Hadrian glider all safely landed in a field
RAF De Havilland Vampire being pushed into position ready for take-off17th May 1952: An RAF De Havilland Vampire being pushed into position ready for take-off. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5864 - We re Flying Five Years Ahead - pub.1952
US army Air Force Bell Airacobra P 39circa 1940: The US army Air Force Bell Airacobra P 39. The fighters were flown by the RAF under the name Airacobra 1 P-400. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)
Testing Aircraft14th October 1943: A Royal Airforce Mosquito being tested at the de Havilland factory. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
RAF Munitions TrainsConsignments of depth charges (foreground) and 4000-pound bombs being taken by train from a munitions store of the RAF Maintenance Command, which is housed in a disused undergound quarry, England
1939 Supermarine Spitfire, side view
Canberras31st May 1952: A squadron of twin-jet Canberra bombers. A light bomber which carries no armament, relying on speed and height. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5879 - RAF Scare: The Truth - pub
1941 Avro Lancaster, bomber with dorsal gun turret, blue-white-red RAF logo on side
Tempest Mk II, Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter aircraft of World War II, expanded cross-section
Illustration of Red Arrow planes flying in formation
Illustration of Red Arrow plane, view from below
Frank WhittleSeptember 1948: British aeronautical engineer Sir Frank Whittle (1907 - 1996), who patented the basic design for the turbojet engine, wearing his RAF uniform. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)
RAF Stationcirca 1940: Fighters on the ground at Hawkings RAF Station, in Kent. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Lancaster Bombercirca 1942: A Lancaster bomber on the airfield ready for its next mission. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)
Cockpit17th June 1950: Pilot Bruce Wingate at the controls of a Meteor jet belonging to RAF 54 squadron. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5066 - Acrobats In Vampires - pub
Lancaster Bomber aircraftTwo Lancaster Bomber aircraft
At The ReadyAugust 1939: Pilots scramble for their Hurricane fighters at an RAF station. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Illustration of Sopwith Camel, 1st World War biplane
Illustration of Harrier Jump Jet
Illustration of Hawker Hurricane fighter plane, 2nd World War
Illustration of Sopwith 1 1 / 2 Strutter, 1st World War biplaneIllustration of Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter, 1st World War biplane
Hawker Hart1935: Hawker Hart a light bi-plane day-bomber which in its day (1930) outpaced every RAF fighter. Though it had a tendency to pull to the left on take-off it had a good rate of climb
Biplanes Flying1923: Biplanes of the RAF in flight at Hendon Air Pageant. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)
Spitfires11th January 1940: A Royal Air Force Spitfire on the ground and three in flight. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)
Ditched SeaplaneA ditched British seaplane sinking into the sea. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Captured Plane25th June 1917: The opening ceremony of the National Welfare Exhibition. A captured German Fokker monoplane is on display. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Blockade Helpers1st July 1948: Bristol Hercules powered Handley Page Hastings C1 transport aircraft lined up at the factory airfield at Radlett, Hertfordshire, prior to delivery to RAF Transport Command
Flying In FormationJune 1930: The RAFs 35th Squadron, flying in formation, during rehearsals for the Hendon Air Display. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
RAF In Egypt12th February 1925: A formation of RAF Vickers Vinny aeroplanes, flying low over the Pyramids in a demonstration to Egyptians. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Flying Low12th February 1925: RAF aeroplanes making their presence felt in Egypt by flying low over farmland in Cairo. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
RAF FlamingoJanuary 1940: An RAF De Havilland Flamingo. (Photo by Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Observation Balloon3rd June 1924: An RAF (Royal Airforce) observation balloon leaving the ground. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Radar dishesAbandoned RAF Stenigot radar dishes, Lincolnshire, UK
Members of the British army driving through Aden. Original Publication: Picture Post - 9105 - RAF And Cameron Highlanders In Aden - unpub. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images)
Planes Over ParisBritish bombers flying over Paris during World War II, circa 1943. At the bottom of the image is Les Invalides, near the south bank of the Seine. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Supermarine Spitfirecirca 1940: A Spitfire having its guns tested at a Fighter Squadron Station. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
RAF Supermarine Spitfire
Braemar Bomber1918: A Braemar Mark II bomber, which was developed for the bombing of Berlin but rendered obsolete by the armistice ans was modified to become a passenger plane