Armourers at work on a 245 Squadron Typhoon at the B.5 strip while other Typhoons take off for another sortie, July 1944.

Тревога! "Тайфун" готовится подняться на перехват V-1
A 183 Squadron Typhoon pilot scrambles to his aircraft, Normandy, July 1944.

Cleaning the cannons and rearming a 245 Squadron Typhoon for the next show, West Hampnett, November 1943.

Gyppo and Nobby, the author's groundcrew, armed with a wad and cups of char, take a natural break during gun cleaning. The legend Northern Rhodesia Squadron above the exhaust stubs identifies the Typhoon as a 245 Squadron aircraft.