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Squadron Leader Arthur Gordon Jones-Williams (pictured) was awarded the Military Cross in July 1917, aged just 18, for attacking 12 German aircraft all at once.
Over the weekend of September 18th/19th the Imperial War Museum at staged a Battle of Britain air show at their facility in Duxford, Cambridge, the last major show of the year at the former RAF Duxford. The weather conditions varied significantly over the two days from bright sunlight to dull and hazy, but luckily the predicted rain failed to arrive. As might be expected for an air show with 'Battle of Britain' in its title, the event's primary emphasis focused upon the two classic Royal Air Force fighters of that period, the Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane. While fou...
Following on from John Parker's article earlier this week depicting the finishing touches which Vintage Fighter Restorations is applying to their Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX (MH603) at their facility in Scone, New South Wales, Australia comes the news that the soon-to-fly fighter is now listed with the warbird brokerage Platinum Fighter Sales. Following a down-t0-the-last-rivet restoration, this Spitfire is now resplendent in the colors she wore while flying with No.331 (Norwegian) Squadron RAF; for a cool £3,500,000, or roughly US$4.75 million, this combat veteran Spitfire will find...