The York was used by Transport Command and British Overseas Airways Corporation. During its career with the RAF it was one of the aircraft used by Winston Churchill.
The P-26 Peashooter would be the first all-metal monoplane fighter to serve with the United States Army Air Corps and would form the core of pursuit aircraft in the US.
The MS.406 suffered due to issues with its radiator and landing gear. At the outbreak of the Second World War the aircraft equipped ten frontline Groupe de Chasse.
Roy Chadwick's Lancaster would spend fifteen years in service with the Royal Air Force, and is, perhaps, best known for its role in the Dambusters raid in May 1943, which was led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson.
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During 1940 the Luftwaffe carried out its campaign to destroy the Royal Air Force so it could achieve air superiority over Southern England, as a precursor to an invasion. Known as the Battle of Britain,
it was a pivotal moment in the Second World War, as the Germans suffered their first major defeat and were unable to launch an invasion.
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10TH JULY 1940 - 31ST OCTOBER 1940
