W1048/TL-S of No.35 Squadron made an emergency landing on the ice of Lake Hoklingen, Norway, in the early hours of 28 April 1942, after being damaged by Flak during an attack on the German battleship Tirpitz. The Halifax was recovered in 1973.
Liberator B.VI (B-24L-20-FO) KN751 was on strength of No.99 Squadron, RAF, at Dhubalia, India, before transferring to No.6 Squadron of the Indian Air Force at Poona. In July 1974 she was presented by the Indian government to the RAFM.
“The Duck”, P-51D-5-NA 44-13317, was the personal mount of Captain Donald Roswell Emerson, 336 FS, 4 FG, RAF Debden. He lost his life in 44-13961/VF-L on 25 December 1944 and was laid to rest in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten.
Brian Smith returning to the flightline after a spirited display. BuAerNo.88297 served with USN Marine Air Wing 2 at Guam in the closing months of WWII and is currently representing Corsair IV KD345, No.1850 Squadron, HMS Vengeance, December 1945.
P-51D-30-NA 44-74409 served the RCAF post-war as RCAF-9235. The Mustang was gifted to the RAFM American Foundation by Robert C. Tullius in 2009 and is in the colours of Capt. D.R. Emerson’s VF-B (P-51D-5-NA, serial 44-13317) of 336 FS, 4 FG, RAF Debden.
Within the course of a few weeks in July and August 1944, No.440 (City of Ottawa) Squadron at ALG B9/Lantheuil, lost at least three Typhoons coded ‘T’: MN644 (on 18 July), MN413 (1 August) and MP122 (13 August). The pilot of the latter lost his life.
Piloted here by Baptiste Salis, BuAerNo.124724 was one of 101 Corsairs ‘winterised’ to F4U-5NL standard, allowing the night fighter to operate in severe climates. F-AZEG is lacking the AN/APS-19 radar pod on the starboard wing.