In later tests, it reached 349 mph, consequently, before the prototype had completed its official trials, the RAF ordered 310 production Spitfires.

Although no airlines ordered the Type 173, it led to military designs, of which the Type 192 went into service with the RAF as the Belvedere.

The RAF ordered 60 of these machines, and the first one was built in 1941.

" President Roosevelt when confronted with this mass exodus, ordered that Americans going to Canada to join the RCAF or RAF, would be granted exemption by the US draft board.

At Jones's urging, Winston Churchill ordered up an RAF search aircraft on the night of 21 June 1940, and the aircraft found the Knickebein radio signals in the frequency range which Jones had predicted.

Spey-engined Phantoms ( the plane the government eventually bought, having been ordered in 1965 ) were chosen in 1966 for the base's future, with all RAF Phantom training taking place on the base, and the base became part in Fighter Command until December 1967, when it joined Air Support Command as the Phantoms were initially in a ground attack role.

However, Göring ordered a change in the Luftwaffe strategy, switching to assault the British cities, relieving pressure upon the RAF.

In November, President Harry S. Truman ordered Strategic Air Command B-29 bombers to RAF Burtonwood, and from there to various bases in West Germany as a " training deployment ".

The RAF was ordered to demolish this vital bridge, and five Fairey Battles from the squadron were dispatched.

The RAF ordered 22 Merlin HC3 helicopters in March 1995, the first of which was received from GKNWestland now AgustaWestland on 7 March 2001.

The RAF ordered 25 of the aircraft with first deliveries in 1999.

The RAF was ordered to demolish this vital bridge, and five Fairey Battle bombers were despatched with Sergeant Gray as the navigator in the plane leading the bombing attack.

The RAF was ordered to demolish one of these vital bridges, and five Fairey Battle bombers were despatched with Flying Officer Garland leading the attack.

After examining the Flensburg equipment, the RAF ordered Monica withdrawn from all Bomber Command aircraft.

After examining the Flensburg, the RAF ordered Monica to be withdrawn from all RAF Bomber Command aircraft.

The Pointblank directive of 14 June 1943 ordered RAF Bomber Command and the U. S. Eighth Air Force to bomb specific targets such as aircraft factories, and the order was confirmed at the Quebec Conference, 1943.

He ordered that all airmen be armed and ready “ to fight and die in defense of their air fields .” That every airfield should be a stronghold of fighting air-ground men and not “ uniformed civilians in the prime of life protected by detachments of soldiers .” Churchill's directive resulted in formation of the RAF Regiment.

** Boeing Chinook ( UK variants ) or the RAF Chinook

** 5 Chinook HC2s of No. 18 Squadron RAF

On the night of 22 / 23 January, the patrol were transported into Iraqi airspace by a RAF Chinook helicopter, along with Bravo One Zero and their Land Rover 110 vehicles.

The first Chinook HC. 1s were delivered to the RAF in 1980 and arrived at Odiham in 1982.

* The RAF Chinook Wokka site

No 78 Sqn were previously a Sea King / Chinook Squadron based at RAF Mount Pleasant in the Falkland Islands ).

* June 2 – In the Royal Air Forces worst peacetime aviation disaster, an RAF Boeing Chinook helicopter crashes on the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland, klling all 29 people on board.

The 1994 Scotland RAF Chinook crash occurred on 2 June 1994 at about 18: 00 hours when a Royal Air Force ( RAF ) Chinook helicopter ( serial number ZD576, callsign F4J40 ) crashed on the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland, killing all twenty-five passengers and four crew on board.

No. 7 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Boeing Chinook HC. 2 from RAF Odiham, Hampshire.

The Chinook HC. 2, equivalent to the US Army CH-47D standard, began to enter RAF service in 1993.

On June 2, 1994 a 7 Sqn Chinook HC. 2 ( ZD576 ) crashed into the Mull of Kintyre while carrying 25 senior members of the British security forces from RAF Aldergrove, Belfast to Inverness.

No. 18 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the CH-47 Chinook HC. 2 from RAF Odiham.

No. 18 Squadron was the first and is currently the largest RAF operator of the Chinook.

The Chinook HC. 2, equivalent to the US Army CH-47D standard, began to enter RAF service in 1993.

No. 27 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Boeing Chinook HC2 from RAF Odiham.

As No. 27 Squadron disbanded, and reformed with its existing Tornado aircraft as No. 12 Squadron, a new squadron was reformed immediately from 240 Operational Conversion Unit ( OCU ) at RAF Odiham as No. 27 ( Reserve ) Squadron to be the Chinook / Puma Operational Conversion Unit.

The Chinook HC2, equivalent to the US Army CH-47D standard, began to enter RAF service in 1993.

In July 2006, 3 Chinook helicopters of No. 27 Squadron deployed to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus to evacuate British citizens from Lebanon.

The Chinook HC. 2, equivalent to the US Army CH-47D standard, began to enter RAF service in 1993.

Sgt Daniel Baxter ( RAF ) was a Chinook loadmaster and a crew member of the standby Chinook at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan.

After being in storage for eight years due to avionics certification problems, the HC. 3 airframes were retro-fitted with HC. 2 avionics during 2009 and 2010, to enable them to finally enter RAF service.

RAF Service designations were Bomb, Aircraft HE 7000 lb HC Mk. 1 or Bomb, Aircraft HE 7000 lb HC Mk. 2.

In RAF jargon the letters " HC " ( from High Capacity ) referred to nuclear bombs in the megaton range.

18 Squadron operated the Westland Wessex HC. 2 at RAF Gutersloh, Westphalia in support of the BAOR from 1965 to 1980.

This was short-lived however and the squadron reformed at RAF Aldergrove on 4 May 1992, again with the Puma HC. 1.

No. 33 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Puma HC. 1 from RAF Benson, Oxfordshire.

No. 1419 ( Tactical Support ) Flight RAF was re-surrected at Basra, Iraq from elements of No. 28 Squadron RAF and No. 78 Squadron RAF from RAF Benson flying AgustaWestland Merlin HC. 3 helicopters in support of Operation Telic until the British drawdown in Iraq, the flight then being relocated to Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom