Speke

Looking on SW direction from a dispersal hut. 

Left: April 1941. Prangs happened. Right: PK-J, V6979 having its engine tested. Two ground crew serve as a ballast to prevent the aircraft's tail from raising.

Above: A leisurely moment (left) and hangar Catholic Mass featuring PK-A, P3112.

Left: Lady Jersey's first visit to the squadron. S/Ldr Pietraszkiewicz introduces her to the personnel. Right: PK-Z. Notice the pilot climbing to the cockpit with his parachute already strapped on. Later on, the parachute remained in a cockpit and the pilot was strapped by ground crew.

Left: PK-E, P3835 being washed. Right: The unit's armourers at work.

Left: Where's my forage cap? Right: Mechanics by the tail of P7245 (PK-D). Notice the location of the serial number.

This aircraft served with the squadron from the beginning of its formation till July 1941 when the unit converted to Spitfires. Courtesy of Robert Gretzyngier.