Martlet - Sweat Shirt Space Shuttle The Swordfish remained in service

The Swordfish remained in service until 1946

Six Sea Hawk squadrons took part

Gloster Javelin

This profile is a Hurricane from 242 Squadron at RAF Duxford

flown by aces such as Richard Bong

Martlet - Sweat Shirt Space Shuttle The Swordfish remained in serviceGrumman F4F Wildcat Martlet The Fleet Air Arm bought the Wildcat before it was used by the US Navy, was renamed as the Martlet and replaced the Fairey Fulmar. Christmas day 1940 a Martlet shot down a Junkers Ju88 over Scapa Flow which was the first combat victory by a US built fighter in British service in World War II. Eric M 'Winkle' Brown flew the Wildcat Martlet and commented that, "this Grumman fighter was one of the finest shipboard aeroplanes