The Battle of Barking Creek was a friendly fire incident over the East Coast of England in the earliest days of the Second World War. On 6 September 1939, aircraft from several 11 Group, RAF Fighter C
A flight of No. 151 Squadron Hurricanes, a squadron involved in the incident, taking off from RAF North Weald
Supermarine Spitfire Mark Is on 24 July 1940.
Adolph Gysbert Malan,, better known as Sailor Malan, was a South African fighter pilot and flying ace in the Royal Air Force who led No. 74 Squadron RAF during the Battle of Britain. He finished his f
Malan in the cockpit of his Supermarine Spitfire at Biggin Hill, Kent.
Sailor Malan, colour oil painting by Cuthbert Orde
Malan (second from left), RAF and Free French officers on D-Day