RAF No 1 Squadron

Aircrew RAF 1Sqn at Vassincourt Jan 1940 IWM C505

Pilots of No 1 Squadron at Vassincourt show off one of their Hurricanes to Mr Mahmoud Abu Fath, a member of the Egyptian Parliament, January 1940. Looking at the camera is Flying Officer Billy Drake, who became a 20-kill ace and survived the war.

Imperial War Museum IWM C 505 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205219334

Aircrew RAF 1Sqn MH Brown and Chatham at Wittering Huntingdonshire 1940 IWM CH1566

Flight-Lieutenant M H Brown and Pilot Officer Chatham of No. 1 Squadron RAF standing by the nose of a Hawker Hurricane Mark I at Wittering, Huntingdonshire. Mark Henry Brown was the first Canadian fighter pilot of the war to become an 'ace'. He had, by the time this photograph was taken, shot down at least 18 enemy aircraft over France and Great Britain, and in the following month, was appointed Commanding Officer of No. 1 Squadron. One year later, flying from Malta, he was killed in a fighter sweep over Sicily.

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Aircrew RAF 1Sqn pilots at Prestwick Scotland 01

No 1 Squadron RCAF, gather round one of their Hawker Hurricane Mark Is at Prestwick, Scotland.

Hawker Hurricane MkI RAF 1Sqn JXB Arthur V Clowes P3395 England 1940 IWM CH17331

Pilot Officer A V 'Taffy' Clowes of No. 1 Squadron RAF, climbing into his Hawker Hurricane Mark I, P3395 'JX B, in a revetment at Wittering, Huntingdonshire. Note Clowes' personal 'wasp ' emblem under the engine exhausts.

Imperial War Museum IWM CH 17331 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205210784

Profile 01: Hawker Hurricane MkI RAF No1 Squadron JX-B Flt Sgt Clowes P3395 England 1940

Hurricane MkI RAF 1Sqn JXB AV Taffy Clowes P3395 at Wittering Huntingdonshire 1940 IWM CH1570

Pilot Officer A V "Taffy" Clowes of No. 1 Squadron RAF, standing by the nose of his Hawker Hurricane Mark I, P3395 'JX-B', at Wittering, Huntingdonshire. The wasp emblem was painted on the nose of his aircraft during the Battle of Britain, Clowes adding a new stripe to the body for each enemy aircraft which he shot down. His final score was at least twelve. Pilot Officer A V "Taffy" Clowes of No. 1 Squadron standing by the nose of his Hawker Hurricane Mk I at Wittering, October 1940.

Imperial War Museum IWM CH 1570 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205209981

Profile 01: Hawker Hurricane MkI RAF No1 Squadron JX-T Serial No: P2649 Hurricane Night Fighter England 1940

Photo's 01: Hawker Hurricane MkIIc RAF No1 Squadron JX-E Serial No: PZ865 Hurricane Night Fighter England 1940

Profile 01: Hawker Hurricane MkI RAF No1 Squadron FG Serial No: L1842 Pilot Officer W.O. Mould's Hurricane - Mould was the first pilot to score a kill for No1 Squadron during the Second World War