Battle of Britain Album #8: No. 43 Squadron RAF

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

“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.