The Miles M.25 Martinet was a target tug aircraft of the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm that was in service during the Second World War. It was the first British aircraft to be designed specificall
Miles M.25 Martinet TT Mk I in flight
The Miles Martinet prototype, serial LR241, at Reading, Berkshire, circa 1942
A Martinet of No. 289 Squadron at RAF Turnhouse, Midlothian, Scotland, circa 1943
Miles was the name used for aircraft and associated businesses of British engineer Frederick George Miles, who, with his wife – aviator and draughtswoman Maxine "Blossom" Miles – and his brother Georg
Miles Martinet
…existing combat-capable aircraft to perform as target tugs, the Air Ministry opted to procure new build aircraft specifically for this need, approaching Miles Aircraft Ltd with a request to rapidly produce a specialised target tug aircraft based upon the Miles Master trainer aircraft. The requirements were formalised by…
Miles Gemini of the 1940s
The M.30 'X Minor' flying aerodynamics testbed
Miles Master trainer in flight during the Second World War
M38 Miles Messenger G-AKBN photographed c. 1951