Withdrawn from use and scrapped at Hobsonville in 1948. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand

British flying instructors posing in front of Gladiator fighters transferred to Egypt. The middle aircraft can just be read off as L9041 on the fuselage and underwing. This is an Egyptian serial and according to one source this is ex N5886. Photo by: Margaret Bourke-White / Life

One of the 222 NAA-57 delivered and received by French Air Force before Armistice on 22 of June 1940. The NAA was French version of BT-9 used by USAAC and became the ancestor of the famous future T-6 Texan. Seen here with Caudron C-445 Goeland and Caudron C-630 Simoun requisitioned from civilian owner. The Simoun close to NNA-57 Was formerly operated by Air Bleu as F-ANRP; In the far backside are visible lot of aircraft parked after the end of fights; Picture supposed to be taken in begining of July 1940; From friends family collection. thanks to Raphael W. who permit to share this rare photo.

No 85 Sqn was sent to France on the outbreak of WWII and withdrawn to RAF Castle Camps on 23 May 1940. British sources say this photo was taken there in July. P2923 / VY-R was shot down on 'the hardest day', 18 August 1940. Pilot Richard Lee was last seen chasing three Bf 109s. Photo by: William Vandivert / Life

This four engine Farman was initially ordered by Air France and requisitioned by French air force at the begining of WW2. It crashed into the Mediterranean Sea while on a flight from Marseille to Damascus. On board was the newly-appointed Vichy High Commissioner to Lebanon and Syria, M. J. Chiappe, his secretary and 5 crew members including the two famous French pilots H.Guillaumet & M.Reine; The airplane was hit by machine-gun fire in battle zone of Cape Spartivento involving British and Italian naval ships. People and aircraft were never recovered. Photo from friend's family archive.

Within a month of being registered in Australia in July 1940, VH-UZF had been impressed into the RAAF as A34-8. It was scrapped after an accident in Papua New Guinea in June 1942. Photo from: State Library of Queensland

The second prototype Manchester made its first flight from its Ringway birthplace on 26 May 1940. This view shows that it has been modified with a large central fin but retains the small elliptical outer fins. Armament has been installed for tests. From Avros 60 years ago.

Three Lysanders of 613 (City of Manchester) Squadron sheltering at the edge of a wood to escape from marauding Luftwaffe aircraft. P1692 crashed on landing at Netherthorpe on 6 September 1940, killing its pilot. From 613 Squadron's Archive.