D-Day Albemarle - T-shirt Tornado ZA399 tasked with ground support and

tasked with ground support and mail services

The Gannet first flew in 1949 and made the first deck landing of a turboprop aircraft on HMS Illustrious

Controversially the programme was scrapped by the British Government in 1965

It's first deployment was on the aircraft carrier USS Kittyhawk in the role of all-weather airborne early warning and command and control

The last piston engined fighter

D-Day Albemarle - T-shirt Tornado ZA399 tasked with ground support andArmstrong Whitworth Albemarle The Allied Expeditionary Air Force was formed to control the tactical air power of the Allied Air Forces during Operation Overlord. It was also a component of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force commanded by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. On June 6th 1944 over 12,000 allied aircraft flew 14,674 sorties.