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| Pilots of No. 43 Squadron ('The Fighting Cocks') at Wick, Scotland, standing in front of a Hurricane, April 1940. Imperial War Museum photo CH 85. |
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| Flight Lieutenant Peter Townsend of No. 43 Squadron ('The Fighting Cocks') with his ground crew seated on the wing of his Hurricane at Wick, Scotland, April 1940. |
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| Pilots of No. 43 Squadron ('The Fighting Cocks') at Wick, Scotland, standing in front of a Hurricane, April 1940. Left to right: Sergeants John Arbuthnot, Robert Plenderleith and Herbert Hallowes, Flying Officer John Simpson, Flight Lieutenant Peter Townsend and Pilot Officer Hamilton 'Deryk' Upton. Imperial War Museum photo CH 80. |
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| Hurricane pilots of No. 43 Squadron ('The Fighting Cocks') at Wick, Scotland, with a dinghy salvaged from a shot-down Luftwaffe bomber, April 1940. Sergeant Herbert Hallowes on the left. Imperial War Museum photo CH 84. |
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| Flight Lieutenants Peter Townsend and Caesar Hull, a South African, of No. 43 Squadron ('The Fighting Cocks') at Wick, Scotland, April 1940. Imperial War Museum photo CH 89. |
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| “Uneven Odds” by Robert Taylor. In August 1940, Frank Carey let No 43 Squadrons A Flight into Schwarms of JU87s, escorted by Me109s. Though hopelessly outnumbered, Carey accounted for 4 JU87s before running out of ammunition. |
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