Image: Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. CH1566

Description: Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. 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.
Title: Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. CH1566
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//52/media-52948/large.jpg This photograph CH 1566 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Stanley Arthur Devon
Permission: This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.
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License: Public domain
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