British Royal Air Force fighter pilots, in flight gear, including life vests, are scrambled and run from their quarters towards their aircraft during the Battle of Britain. British soldiers stand around a crash-landed German Messerschmidt airplane. Various views of the crashed German plane. (World War II period).
German bombers fly in formation with flak from British antiaircraft fire exploding below them during Battle of Britain in World War 2. Several flights of British Royal Air Force Spitfire fighters take off from airfield. A spitfire lands. Pilot poses with two thumbs up.
British Royal Air Force ground crews rearm a Spitfire aircraft during the Battle of Britain in World War 2. They feed belts into guns through access panels under wings and then place ammunition boxes into the wings. View Pilot's parachute sitting on empennage of a parked Spitfire aircraft. A partial glimpse of 66th Squadron's "LZ" code appears forward of the RAF roundel on its fuselage. Some white spots on leading edge of vertical stabilizer might be evidence of repair. But overall, the empennage does not appear damaged. Two other Squadron spitfires come in to land.
British fighter pilots, wearing life vests, stand about and converse at an RAF base in England during the Battle of Britain. Camera pans across their faces. An administrative officer appears to be reading some kind of official communication briefing to them.
Scene at RAF base in England during Battle of Britain. A Royal Air Force pilot is scrambled. Responding to alarm or alert, he runs to his Spitfire aircraft, pulls his parachute from the tail of the aircraft, dons it, and jumps into the cockpit, in full flight gear, including helmet and oxygen mask. He takes off. View from rear of aircraft on ground, with engine running. (World War II period).
Women of Auxiliary Territorial Service, in World War II. Several are dressed in flight overalls, others are not. They enter gate of aviation training facility. They are shown an Aircraft Log Book (C.A. Form 27) in which one must record all information pertaining to the operating history of an airplane. A man shows the women access panel on side of an aircraft engine. The women (now all in coveralls) pick up and tow an aircraft backwards, by hand, to a spot on the lawn.
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