Hertfordshire was the name given to a military variant of the DH.95 Flamingo, with oval windows and 22 seats on benches alongside the cabin walls. R2510 was the sole example. It was issued to No 24 Sqn at Hendon which operated a hotchpotch of communications aircraft, including several Flamingos. It crashed at Mill Hill after take-off from Hendon on 23 October 1940, with the loss of eleven lives. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

Date given as June 1940. No 17 Sqn was based at RAF Hawkinge and then at Debden around this time, but also at Le Mans in France and the Channel Islands for a few days in June. Photo by: William Vandivert / Life

Shortly before the Battle of Britain, American photographer William Vandivert photographed Defiants of No 264 Sqn in 'Anglia'. L7025 had arrived with the squadron on 30 May. It was shot down on 26 August. Photo by: William Vandivert / Life

NZ150 ditched on approach to Whangarei aerodrome. It became a training aid. Photo from: RNZAF/Air Force Museum of New Zealand

Impressed into the RAAF as A33-7 within a few weeks of being registered. It did not return to Guinea Airways. Photo from: State Library of South Australia

One of eleven Ju 52s that landed on frozen Hartvig Lake near Narvik on 13 April 1940, DB-QU was written off after its landing or possibly as a result of Allied air attacks. The wreck remains in the lake today. The origin of the photo is unknown but it would seem to have been taken in June 1940, after the ice melted and useful parts, including the left engine, had been removed. Photo from: Hannu Valtonen collection