This de Havilland D.H. 91 Albatross was registered G-AEVW. It was impressed into Royal Air Force service with the serial number AX904 / BJ-W and used by 271 squadron. Crown copyright.

There would be three Hunter prototypes build but the very first was WB188, the real prototype. It's first flight was on 20 July 1951 at Boscombe Down. Later this one would be rebuild as the Hunter Mk.3 which was used for some speed records. It survives in this form at the museum at Tangmere, Sussex. Ministry of supply photo, ref. no. 2130/C, crown copyright.

After the fall of France in June 1940 large numbers of the Martin 167F A-3 were flown to the French Mediterranean / North African colonies and were inducted in to the armed forces of the Vichy regime. This Aéronavale example is one of those. It is recognisable as a Vichy aircraft because of the stripes (red and yellow) on the engine nacelles and the elevator. After the events of mid 1942 in North Africa a number of Martin 167F A-3s fell into allied hands and were handed over to the Free French Air Force.

As part of the Western Desert Air Force the South Africans received a number of Martin 167 Maryland Mk.IIs like this example of the SAAF, 24 sqn (AH354 / X). Probably somewhere in Egypte or Libia. Crown copyright reference nr. PM3036

After the fall of France in June 1940 the Martin 167F A-3 not yet delivered were taken over by the British which used the type as the Martin Maryland Mk I. Apart from that they also ordered an additional 150 as the Maryland Mk.II. Mainly used in the Mediterranean theatre. Crown copyright reference nr. 11.615/23

The Martin 167 was ordered by the French in substantial numbers (200+) as the Martin 167F A-3 and was used through out WWII by the Armée de l'Air, Aéronavale, Vichy French Air Force and the Free French Air Force.

The Martin 167 prototype (NX22076, later 40-706), named XA-22 by the USAAC, first flew in Mar 1939 and was delivered in Sep 1939. It was one of the designs for an attack aircraft that lost out to the Douglas A-20 Havoc. The type was ordered by the French in substantial numbers as the Martin 167F. After the fall of France in June 1940 the aircraft not yet delivered were taken over by the British which used the type as the Martin Maryland Mk I. Apart from that they also ordered an additional 150 as the Maryland Mk.II. All in all 496 aircraft were built. Glenn L.Martin Co. photo

The second Hawker P.1052 (VX279) rebuild into the P.1081 to meet an Australian specification to replace the RAAFs P-51s and Vampires and therefore also known as the "Australian Fighter". The engine was replace by an early Rolls-Royce Tay engine. First flown on 19 June 1950. Because of outbreak of the hostilities at the Korean peninsula the Australians ordered the Meteor F.Mk.8 which was instantly available. Further development of the P.1081 was cancelled in November 1950 and the P.1081 was handed over to the RAE. Hawker Siddenly Aviation photo neg. nr. H250

The Hawker P.1052 was an experimental aircraft for trials with swept wings. It had 35 degree swept wings. VX279 was significantly rebuilt, with a single jet outlet and swept empennage to become the P.1081. Hawker Siddenly Aviation photo

After the battle for the Netherlands early May 1940, a number of LVA aircraft were captured and were used by the Luftwaffe as beute-flugzeuge including this Fokker D.XXI. The three white mice on the nacelle were the symbol of 1 JaVA of the LVA. The symbol was placed on the six aircraft which were stationed at Eelde Airport. Two of them survived the hostilities.

A Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 was modified by Gloster as a private venture into the Ground Attack Fighter also know as the Reaper (G-7-1). The modification allowed for the carriage of external Rocket-Assisted Take-Off Gear (RATOG), an added 57mm cannon in the lower fuselage and tip tanks. First flown 4 September 1950, only one was built.

The Gloster GA.5 was the unarmed first prototype Javelin with Sapphire SA.3 engines. It made its first flight from Moreton Valance on 26 November 1951. Gloster Aircraft CO, Ltd. photo by Russell Adams, Neg. nr. P247/52

The Gloster E28/39 was shown during "The 1945 Britains Aircraft Exhibition" after de end of WWII. Nowadays part of the collection of the Science Museum in London.

Originally called the Dornier F but from 1933 onwards known as the Do-11 it was designed, developed and first flown during the late Weimar Republic years. The aircraft was officially a freight transporter but in reality was of course a trainer and the first the main heavy bomber of the illegitimately developing Luftwaffe. The Do-11 was an unpopular and troublesome aircraft with perhaps its only claim that it had an early retractable undercarriage. All in all no less then 372 of all versions build. Operated by the Weimar Republic government.

The Vickers 264 Valentia Mk.I was a transport aircraft for the RAF and flew for the first time in 1934. Vickers (Aviation) Limited photo

The Vickers 57 Virginia was a biplane heavy bomber of the British Royal Air Force, developed from the Vickers Vimy. The Mk.X was the definitive version of which 103 build, 50 were new built and 53 conversions of previous versions. Crown copyright Neg. No. 9979

The prototype of the Supermarine N113 Scimitar (WT854), ca 1956. A further development of the Supermarine Type 505 this was a single-seat naval strike aircraft of which 76 were build. Deliveries from 1957 onwards and WFU in 1969. A Vickers Armstrong Ltd, Supermarine works, Photographic dept. image

The Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke, nicknamed the "Bolly", was a Canadian build version of the Bristol 149 Blenheim Mk.IV. One Bolingbroke Mk.I was converted in a floatplane Mk.I with Edo floats. Photo by the Bristol Aeroplane Co. Ltd.