F/O John C Martin was one of the pilots operating the Battle Mk I who volunteered for RAF Fighter Command after the fall of France in 1940. In August, the New Zealander came from No 226 Squadron RAF to join No 32 Squadron RAF at RAF Acklington on 3 September, moving to No 257 Squadron RAF at RAF Martlesham Heath on 17 September.
Squadron Leader Douglas Bader DSO (front centre) with some of the Canadian pilots of his Squadron, 242 (Canadian) Squadron, grouped around his Hurricane fighter aircraft at Duxford, Cambridgeshire - Battle of Britain - 1940
Best British flying ace of World War II, James “Johnny” Johnson (James Edgar Johnson, 1915 - with a Labrador named Sally. In the background Spitfire fighter Mk.