RAF085 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I/II John Jenkins The Raid on St Although most ‘overseers’ and ‘foremen’

Although most ‘overseers’ and ‘foremen’ carried protective weaponry a strong force of the King’s soldiers would also be on hand to provide a kind of ‘military police’ presence on the work site

This classic razor-back ‘Mustang’ is painted in ‘Shangri La’s’ exact colour scheme and markings and boasts 21 ‘kill’ markings on a white scroll beneath the cockpit

One of Robin’s trusty band extending a friendly welcome and the hand of friendship to the irate Merchant

The frock coats and other forms of dress common in the earlier campaigns were now standardized

RAF085 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I/II John Jenkins The Raid on St Although most ‘overseers’ and ‘foremen’For many this is simply the best and most beautiful fighter aircraft of WW2. The Spitfire flew from the very first days of WW2 and right up to the very last! More Spitfires were built than any other British combat aircraft before, during or since WW2 20,341 in total. Designed by Reginald Mitchell of Supermarine Ltd., it entered service with the RAF in the summer of 1938. This King & Country Spitfire Mk. is representative of those machines that flew