RAF SPEKE

Looking on SW direction from a dispersal hut. 

Left: April 1941. Prangs happened. Right: PK-J, V6979 having its engine tested. Two ground crew serve as a ballast to prevent the aircraft's tail from raising.

Above: A leisurely moment (left) and hangar Catholic Mass featuring PK-A, P3112.

Left: Lady Jersey's first visit to the squadron. S/Ldr Pietraszkiewicz introduces her to the personnel. Right: PK-Z. Notice the pilot climbing to the cockpit with his parachute already strapped on. Later on, the parachute remained in a cockpit and the pilot was strapped by ground crew.

Left: PK-E, P3835 being washed. Right: The unit's armourers at work.

Left: Where's my forage cap? Right: Mechanics by the tail of P7245 (PK-D). Notice the location of the serial number.

Unknown mechanic servicing PK-E, P3835.

This aircraft served with the squadron from the beginning of its formation till July 1941 when the unit converted to Spitfires. Courtesy of Robert Gretzyngier.

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