D-Day Tempest - T-shirt Blériot 833 aircraft

833 aircraft

As a Squadron Leader he commanded a squadron of Hurricanes that participated in sorties over northern France during the early part of the war

The Victor flew 375 sorties in the tanker role including during Operation Black Buck

This aircraft took on the role of close air support

Avro Vulcan

D-Day Tempest - T-shirt Blériot 833 aircraftHawker Tempest 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.