Image from the Francis David Colin Brown personal collection.
"Gil Ross. One of our boys at 131 sqdn. Atcham. From the USA."
American pilot poses wearing his flying equipment, with No. 131 Squadron Spitfire BL352 NX-D. RAF Station Atcham.
Image from the Francis David Colin Brown personal collection.
"Shooting a line in the cockpit of my Spit. with some of the boys at 131 sqd. Atcham. 8-1-42"
FD Colin Brown sitting in the cockpit of his No. 131 Squadron Spitfire with five members of the ground crew. RAF Station Atcham.
Image from the Francis David Colin Brown personal collection.
(believed to be) FD Colin Brown, dressed in flying clothing, standing beside No. 131 Squadron Spitfire BL352 NX-D. RAF Station Atcham.
Image from the Francis David Colin Brown personal collection.
"In my new battle dress beside one of our old Spitfires" FD Colin Brown standing beside the nose of a No. 131 Squadron Spitfires at RAF Station Atcham.
Image from the Evan Dall Mackie personal collection.
Squadron Leader ED Mackie (5th left, front row) posing with his pilots of No. 92 Squadron. On and around a Spitfire. Believed to be at RAF Station Canne, Italy.
Second from left, leaning on wing, is Canadian flight commander JF Edwards.
Published in Mackie's biography 'Spitfire Leader' by Max Avery and Christopher Shores.
Image from the Evan Dall Mackie personal collection.
Squadron Leader ED Mackie standing beside the rudder of his No. 92 Squadron Spitfire. Unknown location.
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.
Informal group of No. 80 Squadron pilots in front of a Spitfire, at RAF Station West Maling, England.
The Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader RL Spurdle, at top without hat.
This is just before the squadron converted to fly Tempests.
Pilot Officer LSMcQ White (right) being congratulated by Flying Officer HS Tucker (left) on the return of Pilot Officer White to No. 485 Squadron after being shot down and evading capture. Unknown location in England.
Wreckage of a No. 485 Squadron Spitfire that was destroyed on the ground during the New Years Day attack by the Luftwaffe at RAF Station Maldeghem, Belgium.
Image from the Robert Kenneth Brown personal collection.
Four No. 681 Squadron pilots(?) posing for the camera with one of their Spitfires at RAF Station Imphal, India.
Handwritten on the reverse "681 Sqdn. | Imphal Detachment | Oct 1944", with two signatures and a drawing of a winged aerial camera.
Image from the Robert Kenneth Brown personal collection.
Nose art a uniformed duck with "Vewwy funny", on a No. 681 Squadron Spitfire. RAF Station Imphal India.
Image from the Robert Kenneth Brown personal collection.
Ground crew preparing a No. 681 Squadron Spitfire for flight. RAF Station Imphal India.
Nose art shows a uniformed duck with "Vewwy funny".
Handwritten on the reverse "Imphal."
Image from the Bryan Young personal collection.
Air to air view of a Spitfire in flight over the Mediterranean Sea.
Bryan Young's information supplied "I took this photo of Al Swann, [from] New Plymouth sometime during April 1943 while over the Mediterranean on a ferry flight from Maison Blanche to Setif. A glorious day of blue sky above and blue sea as calm as a mill-pond below. The port aileron and wing tip of my aircraft can be seen in the bottom right corner of the photo."
Image from the Bryan Young personal collection.
Bryan Young sitting in the cockpit with his Fitter, Englishman Jackie Laird, sitting on the wing of No. 81 Squadron Spitfire JL188 FL-S. Gioia, Italy.
Bryan Young's information supplied "Same as for No. 7 [1999-058.18]. Each aircraft had its own fitter and rigger appointed whose sole responsibility was to look after that particular machine. We had an Englishman and a Scot respectively, Jackie Laird and Jock Clements and we operated on very familiar terms with both. This shot shows Jackie Laird's happy face just above the wing. The rough patch on the leading edge in the foreground is a protection for the guns to prevent dust and debris from entering the gun-ports and was easily replaced after firing had shot then away."
Image from the Bryan Young personal collection.
Bryan Young's information supplied "August 1943. Self, Bryan Young showing his nervousness on instant readiness at the end of the runway of Te Kali [sic] on Malta while serving a short while with 154 Squadron. A tiresome and nerve wracking duty hated by most pilots."
Image from the Bryan Young personal collection.
Bryan Young standing in front of hi No. 81 Squadron Spitfire at RAF Station Kangla, India.
Bryan Young's information supplied "Location - Kangla airstrip on the Imphal plain in the Indian State of Mauripur, north east Assam on the Burmese border during the siege of Imphal 1944. Occasion - 81 Squadron was then attached to 170 Wing of 221 Group flying the Spitfire Mk VIII depicted here, a refined and superior version of the Mk IX. The aircraft is my own, squadron code FL-S serial number JF698, it is parked in an earth revetment under a bamboo framework and camouflage netting with metal tracking covering the ground, the spinner as with all 81 Squadron aircraft is painted a brilliant scarlet, Jock Clements my fitter is at the starboard wing tip with myself in front complete with NZ Army lemon-squeezer hat given to Kiwi squadron members when passing through Cairo when we flew our machines out to India on transfer from Italy and the walking stick to help with a sprained ankle inflicted when I slipped, complete with parachute off a muddied wing. It was during the monsoon season when everything was flooded and covered with mud."
Image from the Bryan Young personal collection.
Line up of Spitfires and a Beaufighter on an airfield. Unknown location, believed to be in North Africa.
Image from the Bryan Young personal collection.
Three No. 81 Squadron New Zealand pilots with their Fiat car in front of Spitfire JL188 FL-S at Gioia, Italy.
Bryan Young's information supplied "Location, date and aircraft same as for photo [1999-058.18]. The full squadron code on the aircraft can be clearly seen. From left to right Al Swann. Jim Robinson and self, all Kiwis. The motorcar, a Fiat, was one we purloined from the Italians as spoils of war. We shared its use."
