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F GHTERS
THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO 100 YEARS OF
ACHIEVEMENT AND DETERMINATION
R AF
CENTENARY CELEBR ATION
•
EVERY FRONTLINE TYPE:
FROM SOPWITH SNIPE TO
EUROFIGHTER TYPHOON
•
OVER 40 FIGHTERS THAT
SPEARHEADED THE
RAF’S LEGACY
•
RAF MUSEUM EXHIBITS
•
COLOUR SCHEMES
•
SPECIFICATIONS
•
WEAPONS
£5.99
S P E C I A L P U B L I C AT I O N
THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO 100 YEARS OF ACHIEVEMENT AND DETERMINATION
As a companion volume to this special
publication, to celebrate the centenary
of the Royal Air Force, Key Publishing
presents a unique 100-page tribute
to the bombers that have defended
Britain and fought in conflicts across
the world since 1918. Every major
combat type is covered, from the de
Havilland DH.9A of 1918 to today’s
Lockheed Martin F-35, with profiles
of such famous aircraft as the Hawker
Hart biplane, Halifax and Lancaster,
Mosquito, Vulcan and Tornado.
The development of each type is
covered along with examples of
operational use
Over 50 major bombers that
shaped the RAF’s heritage
Lavishly illustrated with archive
images and full-colour artwork
Details of examples of the Royal
Air Force Museum’s collection
1222/17
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100 YEARS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE
Nine Hawker Fury IIs of Hawkinge-based 25 Squadron, freshly delivered from
Brooklands in October 1936. All carry the unit’s parallel black bands and most have
a triangle on the fin in the colours of their flight and the squadron badge, a hawk
alighting on a glove hand. Third and sixth from the back are flight leaders’ aircraft.
In the foreground is the CO’s machine, K7270: this was further decorated with its fin
and tailplanes painted black.
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1918
2018
C NTENTS
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PER ARDUA AD ASTRA
SOPWITH SNIPE
GLOSTER GREBE AND GAMECOCK
ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH SISKIN
HAWKER WOODCOCK
BRISTOL BULLDOG
HAWKER FURY
HAWKER DEMON
GLOSTER GAUNTLET AND GLADIATOR
HAWKER HURRICANE
BRISTOL BLENHEIM
SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE – MERLIN
BOULTON PAUL DEFIANT
BREWSTER BUFFALO
BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER
WESTLAND WHIRLWIND
BELL AIRACOBRA
CURTISS MOHAWK, TOMAHAWK,
KITTYHAWK
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DE HAVILLAND MOSQUITO
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RAF CENTENARY CELEBRATION
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100 YEARS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE
Edited by:
Ken Ellis
With many thanks to:
Chris Gilson
and
Steve Beebee
at
FlyPast:
Ajay
Srivastava
at the RAF Museum
Contributing writers:
Steve Appleby,
Daniel Ford, Jonathan Garroway, Josh
Lyman, Bob Uppendaun, M L Wynche
Group Editor:
Nigel Price
Archive images: All
Key Collection
unless noted
Artwork:
Andy Hay
and in fond memory
of
Pete West
Art Editor:
Mike Carr
Chief Designer:
Steve Donovan
Production Editor:
Sue Blunt
Deputy Production Editor:
Carol Randall
Production Manager:
Janet Watkins
Advertisement Manager:
Alison Sanders
Advertising Production:
Debi McGowan
Group Advertisement Manager:
Brodie Baxter
Marketing Executive:
Shaun Binnington
Marketing Manager:
Martin Steele
Commercial Director:
Ann Saundry
Managing Director and Publisher:
Adrian Cox
Executive Chairman:
Richard Cox
Contacts
Key Publishing Ltd, PO Box 100, Stamford,
Lincs, PE9 1XQ
Tel: 01780 755131
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The entire contents of
RAF Centenary
Celebration: Fighters
is
copyright
© 2017.
No part may be reproduced
in any form, or stored on any form
of retrieval system, without the prior
permission of the publisher
Published by:
Key
Publishing Ltd
– see above
Printed in England
Front Cover:
Lovingly restored by
Hawker Restorations,
Hurricane I P2902
(G-ROBT) was test
flown on June 19,
2017, having been
salvaged as a hulk
from a beach near
Dunkirk in 1989.
Flown by Plt Off
Kenneth ‘Mac’
McGlashan of 245
Squadron, it force-
landed amid the
retreating British
forces on May 31,
1940. Mac managed
to return to Britain on
the paddle steamer
Golden Eagle;
his
Hurricane took nearly
another 50 years to
make it back.
DARREN HARBAR
Inset:
Tornado
F.3s, top to bottom:
229 Operational
Conversion Unit,
29 Squadron, and
5 Squadron.
BRITISH AEROSPACE
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DOUGLAS HAVOC
HAWKER TYPHOON
NORTH AMERICAN MUSTANG
SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE – GRIFFON
GLOSTER METEOR
HAWKER TEMPEST
REPUBLIC THUNDERBOLT
DE HAVILLAND HORNET
DE HAVILLAND VAMPIRE
GLOSTER METEOR – NIGHT-FIGHTER
DE HAVILLAND VENOM
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NORTH AMERICAN SABRE
SUPERMARINE SWIFT
HAWKER HUNTER
GLOSTER JAVELIN
ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIGHTNING
MCDONNELL PHANTOM
HAWKER SIDDELEY HARRIER
SEPECAT JAGUAR
PANAVIA TORNADO ADV
EUROFIGHTER TYPHOON
Three generations
of RAF interceptors
joined for a special
formation on July
4, 1992 to mark the
disbandment of
the ‘Firebirds’, 56
Squadron on the
McDonnell Phantom
FGR.2 (middle) at
Wattisham. The unit
had flown Phantoms
since March 1976.
The ‘number plate’
of 56 Squadron
was transferred to
the Tornado F.3s
of 229 Operational
Conversion Unit
(background), the
‘new’ 56 flying F.3s
until April 2008.
The squadron took
delivery of its first
Lightnings (F.1As)
in January 1961,
going on to F.3s and
retiring its last F.6s
in June 1976. For
the disbandment
formation in 1992,
British Aerospace
provided F.6 XP693
from Warton, where
it was being used
for Tornado air
defence variant radar
development trials.
BRITISH AEROSPACE
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