Image from the Evan Dall Mackie personal collection.
Informal group of No. 485 Squadron pilots just returned from a sortie and being met by other members of the unit and some Administration Officers at RAF Station Kenley. Spitfire 'Auckland 1' in the background.
L-R: Pilots; DGE Brown, AR Robson, JJ Palmer, TC Goodlet, WV Crawford-Compton, SF Browne (partly hidden behind Crawford-Compton's shoulder), four non fliers, AG Shaw, ED Mackie, HR Leckie.
Published in Mackie's biography 'Spitfire Leader' by Max Avery and Christopher Shores.
Image from the Evan Dall Mackie personal collection.
Pilots from No. 485 Squadron at RAF Station Kenley, after a successful action over German battleships during 'The Channel Dash'.
L-R: HN Sweetman, DT Clouston, BE Gibbs, RJC Grant, MM Shand (partly obscured), EP Wells, M McNeil, WV Crawford-Compton, JM Checketts, RW Baker.
Published in Mackie's biography 'Spitfire Leader' by Max Avery and Christopher Shores.
Image from the Evan Dall Mackie personal collection.
Informal group of No. 485 Squadron 'B' flight pilots at RAF Station Kenley.
L-R: JD Rae, AG Shaw, unknown, unknown, WV Crawford-Compton, ED Mackie.
In front; DGE Brown, Dt Clouston.
Published in Mackie's biography 'Spitfire Leader' by Max Avery and Christopher Shores.
Image from the Evan Dall Mackie personal collection.
Informal group of No. 485 Squadron pilots in front of a Spitfire at RAF Station Kenley.
L-R: On aircraft; DT Clouston, JR Liken, TC Goodlet, AR Robson, PH Gaskin [2x on engine], JJ Palmer.
Standing; EJ Shaw, ED Mackie, McNeil, WV Crawford-Compton, MRD Hume, JG Pattison, JD Rae, JRC Kilian, (Adjutant), EP Wells, BE Gibbs, D Russell, MM Shand.
In front; DGE Brown, JM Checketts, SF Browne, HR Leckie.
Image from the Evan Dall Mackie personal collection.
Informal group of pilots in the No. 485 Squadron dispersal hut at RAF Station Kenley.
L-R: Standing; ED Mackie, AR Robson, JJ Palmer.
Sitting; MRD Hume, LP Griffith.
Published in Mackie's biography 'Spitfire Leader' by Max Avery and Christopher Shores.
Image from the Reginald William Baker personal collection.
Leading Aircraftman Jackson and Corporal Cross, ground crew, standing in front of Flight Lieutenant RW Baker's No. 485 Squadron Spitfire, RAF Station Kenley.
Image from the Reginald William Baker personal collection.
No. 485 Squadron pilot (possibly Flight Lieutenant Baker) standing beside Spitfire OU-F at RAF Station Kenley.
Image from the Reginald William Baker personal collection.
Informal group of No. 485 Squadron pilots relaxing outside a dispersal hut at RAF Station Kenley.
Image from the Reginald William Baker personal collection.
Unknown Corporal (hairdresser) giving a No. 485 Squadron pilot a haircut outside a dispersal hut at RAF Station Kenley.
Image from the Reginald William Baker personal collection.
Informal group of No. 485 Squadron pilots relaxing in a dispersal hut at RAF Station Kenley.
Image from the Reginald William Baker personal collection.
Group of eight No. 485 Squadron pilots pose beside Spitfire W3652, at a snow covered RAF Station Kenley.
L-R: Falls, Maskill, Mackie(kneeling), Ralph, Krebs(kneeling), Burke, Percy, Brown.
Image from the Reginald William Baker personal collection.
Group of eight pilots pose in front of a No. 485 Squadron Spitfire, at a snow covered RAF Station Kenley.
Image from the Evan Dall Mackie personal collection.
ED Mackie sitting in the cockpit of his No. 485 Squadron Spitfire, at RAF Station Kenley.
Rose nose art painted just below the windshield.
Informal group of No. 485 Squadron pilots in front of a Spitfire. RAF Station Kenley.
L-R: Flying Officer ED Mackie, Sergeant Pilot Shaw, Flying Officer DT Clouston (with dog), Flight Lieutenant JJ Palmer (background).
Ground crew loading ammunition into the port wing of No. 485 Squadron Spitfire, OU-A. RAF Station Kenley.
Unknown on wing. Under wing L-R; Corporal Bong'ard, Leading Aircraftman Hooper.
Image from the 2009/7.1 personal album collection. WV Crawford-Compton, wearing a Mae West, standing on the wing of his No. 485 Squadron Spitfire at RAF Station Kenley.
Image from the Edith Lyle personal album collection.
"485 Squadron RNZAF Fighters."
Pilots from No. 485 Squadron at RAF Station Kenley, after a successful action over German battleships during 'The Channel Dash'.
L-R: HN Sweetman, DT Clouston, BE Gibbs, RJC Grant, MM Shand (partly obscured), EP Wells, M McNeil, WV Crawford-Compton, JM Checketts, RW Baker.
Image from the Edith Lyle personal album collection. " "Jnr Brown. Shot down."
(Later Squadron Leader) Stanley Franklin Browne sitting in the cockpit of his No. 485 Squadron Spitfire. Believed to be at RAF Station Kenley.
Image from the Edith Lyle personal album collection.
"Kenley 1942. 485 Squadron."
Pilots of No. 485 Squadron in front of a Spitfire at RAF Station Kenley.
L-R: On wings; DT Clouston, JR Liken, TC Goodlet, JJ Palmer.
On engine; AR Robson, PH Gaskin.
Standing; EJ Shaw, ED Mackie, IJ McNeil, WV Crawford-Compton, MRD Hume, JG Pattison, JD Rae, JRC Kilian, Adjutant, EP Wells, BE Gibbs, D Russell, MM Shand.
In front; DGE Brown, JM Checketts, SF Browne, HR Leckie.
Image from the Edith Lyle personal album collection.
No. 485 Squadron Spitfire W3774 showing battle damage just below the cockpit windscreen. RAF Station Kenley. This aircraft was flown by Flight Lieutenant WV Crawford-Compton.
Nose art "Auckland 1 "Waiuku" " with a caricature of Hitler in a frying pan over a burning swastika.