Alcock and Brown - Hoodie Flying Tigers Christmas day 1940 a Martlet

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

This profile is a Sea Harrier from 899 Naval Air Squadron

So successful was the type it is used by a number of airforces around the world

The design has a deliberate aged look

Alcock and Brown - Hoodie Flying Tigers Christmas day 1940 a MartletThe first Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown John Alcock was a military pilot during World War I and Arthur Whitten Brown was an engineer and pilot during the war. Both had been shot down and imprisoned by the Germans, during this time both resolved together to cross the Atlantic by air. After the war they both worked with Vickers to convert a Vimy to be able to undertake the long flight. On the 14th June both set off from Newfoundland. After 12