An Armstrong Whitworth Whitley tows off a Hotspur glider at General Aircraft’s Hanworth Aerodrome. This was the combination which caused Davie problems when the glider overtook the tug in cloud and a large loop developed in the cable.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Armstrong Whitworth Whitley / A.W.38 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936General Aircraft Hotspur / Twin Hotspur / GAL.48 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1940

Опытный Глостер F9/40 (DG204/G) с двигателями F.2
The third prototype Gloster F.9/40, DG204/G, was powered by a pair of Metrovick F.2 axial-flow turbojets in distinctively underslung cowlings. When one of these burst its compressor drum over the RAE on January 4, 1944, “Dougal” Davie was killed while attempting to bale out.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Gloster Meteor / G.41 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943

B.Mk VI. Lancaster Mk IV и V представляли собой существенно перепроектированные машины, имевшие увеличенную дальность полета. Но под этими обозначениями они не строились и лишь после войны появились в виде Avro Lincoln. Lancaster B.Mk VI представлял собой менее радикальную переделку бомбардировщика - девять машин переоборудовала "Rolls-Royce", оснастив их моторами Merlin 85 или 87 в новых гондолах, а носовая и надфюзеляжная стрелковые установки были демонтированы. Самолеты, оснащенные радарами H2S и первыми станциями РЭБ, использовались в 635-й эскадрилье преимущественно в качестве лидеров групп. Но в большую серию машина все же не пошла.
It was in a disabled Avro Lancaster Mk VI similar to JB675, seen here at the A&AEE in January 1944, that Purvis had a close shave on April 26 the same year, managing to steer it clear of Amesbury town and bring off a belly landing from which all of the crew escaped unharmed.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

One of the more curious types flown by Sqn Ldr A.D. Miller was the unique slip-wing Hurricane, which was flown only in its biplane form.
Hurricane 321's slip wing was an all-wooden, expendable structure built around two box spars and skinned with ply. It more than doubled the aircraft’s wing area, and was intended to enable the fighter to take off with a vastly increased fuel load, thereby increasing its range for long-distance ferry flights. Had the slip-wing concept been a success, sights like this would have been common and discarded wings would have been fluttering down all over the place. As it was, the external fuel tank proved a much more sensible proposition, both practically and economically.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hillson FH.40 Hurricane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Handley Page Halifax II W1245 was similar to W7915, in which Riess, his flight engineer and a flight test observer lost their lives on February 4, 1943, when the aircraft entered a flat spin from which it failed to recover.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Handley Page Halifax / H.P.57 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939

Short Stirling III R9309, which Flt Lt Stanislaw Riess crash-landed on Porton Ridge on September 6, 1942, after fire broke out in the starboard outer Bristol Hercules engine when its number 8 cylinder fractured, severing the carburettor inlet pipe.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Short Stirling / S.29 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939

When an in-flight fire broke out in Miles Monitor TT Mk I target tug prototype NF900 on August 8, 1944, Miller was lucky to escape with his life, although his observer died after failing to bale out.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Miles Monitor / M.33 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1944

When fire broke out in the carburettor of Hawker F.9/35 Hotspur K8309 on February 12, 1942, Davie made a successful forced-landing at Hartford Bridge Flats from which he and his observer escaped. Unfortunately it was the end of the line for the Hotspur, which had originally had a four-gun turret in the rear cockpit position.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Hotspur - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1938

The Home Defence aerobatic champions of 1929 in front of a 23 Sqn Gloster Gamecock. Left, Fg Off C.H. Jones; right, Fg Off H. A. “Bruin” Purvis, who as a group captain became OC Flying at A&AEE Boscombe Down during the war.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Gloster Gamecock - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1925