Pilots of 'B' Flight, No. 32 Squadron, relax on the grass at RAF Hawkinge in front of a Hurricane Mk. I. Left to right: R. F. Smythe, Keith R. Gillman, J. E. Procter, Flight Lieutenant P. M. Brothers, D. H. Grice, P. M. Gardner, and A. F. Eckford (all Pilot Officers except for Brothers). Gillman was posted missing August 25th, 1940, but the rest all survived the war.
A further contingent of NZ airmen are welcomed upon arrival by the High Commissioner for New Zealand. The men are armourers, and wireless operators for ground duties, and have arrived by ship along with members of the Naval Volunteer Reserve.
Two armourers service the machine guns of a Hawker Hurricane Mk. I of No. 85 Squadron, while another unpacks belts of .303 inch ammunition (RAF Debden, July 25th, 1940).
A pilot of No. 64 Squadron RAF runs towards his Supermarine Spitfire Mark 1A as the squadron is scrambled at 10:45 am at Kenley (August 15th, 1940).
WAAF telephone operators in Sector 'G' Operations Room at RAF Duxford, receiving reports of enemy aircraft pilots from Observer Corps posts (September 1940).
A Hurricane pilot discusses his flight with the intelligence officer after returning from aerial combat (October 17th, 1940).
Pilots of No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF and their British flight commanders, grouped in front of a Hawker Hurricane Mk. I at RAF Duxford (September 7th, 1940).
Left to right (standing): Pilot Officer Svatopluk Janouch, Sergeant Josef Vopalecky, Sergeant Raimund Puda, Sergeant Karel Seda, Sergeant Bohumir Furst, and Sergeant Rudolf Zima.
Left to right (sitting): Pilot Officer Vilem Goth, Flight Lieutenant Josef Maly, Flight Lieutenant Gordon L. Sinclair DFC, Flying Officer John E. Boulton, Flight Lieutenant J. Jefferies, Pilot Officer Stanislav Zimprich, Sergeant Jan Kaucky, Flight Lieutenant Frantisek Rypl, Pilot Officer Emil Fechtner, and Pilot Officer Vaclav Bergman.
