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Showing posts with label Battle of Britain Album #21: No. 264 Squadron RAF. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Battle of Britain Album #21: No. 264 Squadron RAF. Show all posts

Battle of Britain Album #21: No. 264 Squadron RAF

A formation of Boulton Paul Defiants of No. 264 Squadron in flight, August 1940. L7026 ‘PS-V’ and N1535 ‘PS-A’ visible. Imperial War Museum photo CH 884.

 

Boulton Paul Defiants of No. 264 Squadron in flight, August 1940. L7026 ‘PS-V’ and N1535 ‘PS-A’ visible. Imperial War Museum photo CH 885.

 

Boulton Paul Defiants of No. 264 Squadron, Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, August 1940. N1536 PS-R nearest. Imperial War Museum photo CH 871.

 

Boulton Paul Defiants of No. 264 Squadron, Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, August 1940. Imperial War Museum photo CH 870.

 

Boulton Paul Defiants of No. 264 Squadron, Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, August 1940. N1536 PS-R nearest, with L7026 PS-V and L6967 PS-P behind. Imperial War Museum photo CH 873.

 

Ground staff work on Boulton Paul Defiants of No. 264 Squadron at Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, August 1940. L7006 PS-X nearest, with L7026 PS-V in the background. Imperial War Museum photo CH 880.

 

Boulton Paul Defiants of No. 264 Squadron, Kirton in Lindsey, July 1940. Imperial War Museum photo HU 54412.

 

The pilot of a Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I of No. 264 Squadron in his cockpit, Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, August 1940. Imperial War Museum photo CH 875.

 

Boulton Paul Defiant gunners of No. 264 Squadron pose for a photo, May 1940. The men were celebrating their 37 claimed enemy aircraft shot down on 29 May 1940. Imperial War Museum photo CH 198.

 

Three Boulton Paul Defiant air gunners of No. 264 Squadron, May 1940.The men were celebrating their 37 claimed enemy aircraft shot down on 29 May 1940. Imperial War Museum photo CH 188.

 

A formation of Boulton Paul Defiants of No. 264 Squadron in flight, August 1940. Imperial War Museum photo CH 883.

 

Distant view of Boulton Paul Defiants of No. 264 Squadron in flight, August 1940. Imperial War Museum photo CH 887.

 

Boulton Paul Defiant aircrew of No. 264 Squadron being transported in a lorry, May 1940. Imperial War Museum photo CH 193.

 

Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I of No. 264 Squadron being refueled by an Albion AM463 3-Point Refueller, Kirton in Lindsey, July 1940. Imperial War Museum photo HU 104453.

 

Boulton Paul Defiant of No. 264 Squadron being refueled by an Albion AM463 3-Point Refueller, Kirton in Lindsey, July 1940. Imperial War Museum photo HU 104497.

 

An airman on a step ladder examines the nose of a Boulton Paul Defiant damaged in a crash-landing at Manston, May 1940. This aircraft may be L7019, flown by Pilot Officer R W Stokes, which crash-landed on 31 May 1940, the day the squadron lost five other aircraft in combat over Dunkirk. The gunner, LAC Fairbrother, baled out. Imperial War Museum photo CH 189.

 

An airman inspects damage to the tailplane of Defiant Mk I L6957/PS-T, flown by Pilot Officer Desmond Kay, which limped back to Manston on 29 May 1940 minus its gunner, LAC Evan Jones, who baled out over the Channel and was killed. Imperial War Museum photo CH 183.

 

An airman inspects damage to the tailplane of Defiant Mk I L6957/PS-T, flown by Pilot Officer Desmond Kay, which limped back to Manston on 29 May 1940 minus its gunner, LAC Evan Jones, who baled out over the Channel and was killed. Imperial War Museum photo CH 199.

 

An air gunner in the turret of a Boulton Paul Defiant of No. 264 Squadron at Kirton in Lindsey, August 1940. Imperial War Museum photo CH 879.

 

An air gunner of No. 264 Squadron RAF about to enter the gun turret of his Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I at at Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire, August 1940. Imperial War Museum photo CH 874.

 

A formation of Boulton Paul Defiants of No. 264 Squadron in flight, August 1940. Imperial War Museum photo CH 889.

 

Pilots and gunners of No. 264 Squadron in front of Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I N1585 PS-A, May 1940. Back row: Pilot Officer Guy L Hickman (KIA 31 May 1940); Flight Lieutenant Nicholas 'Lanky' Cooke (KIA 31 May 1940); Squadron Leader Philip Hunter (KIA 24 August 1940); Pilot Officer Michael H Young; Pilot Officer Gerald H Hackwood (KIA 20 November 1940); Pilot Officer Eric G Barwell; Pilot Officer Samuel R Thomas; Pilot Officer David Whitley (KIA 28 August 1940). Front row: Flight Sergeant Edward R Thorn; Pilot Officer Desmond H Kay (killed 19 October 1944); Sergeant Arnold J Lauder; Pilot Officer Richard W Stokes (killed 29 May 1942). Imperial War Museum photo CH 197.

 

Boulton Paul Defiant pilots and gunners of No. 264 Squadron play a game of draughts while waiting at readiness outside their dispersal tent at Kirton in Lindsey, August 1940. Imperial War Museum photo CH 868.