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Meteor F8 of No. 85 Squadron in target facilities role, the hunter being an English Electric Lightning.

Ramjet powered monoplane capable of speeds in excess of Mach 2.6, retired from RAF service in 1991. The only true all weather interceptor of the unmanned variety!

Boulton Paul Defiant Nightfighter, unusual aircraft sporting a 4 gun Fraser-Nash turret it was soon outclassed by day with its lack of forward armament, it found itself pressed into service as a nightfighter, this photo shows the AI radar aerials mounted on the nose section and wings.

Thimble-nosed DH Mosquito Nightfighter of No. 85 Squadron

VYY of No. 85 Squadron, this machine was used for training new crews on AI radar for nocturnal interceptions.

Aircrew waiting by Hurricane MK I for the inevitable scramble bell.

Hurricanes of No. 85 Squadron during a Royal visit by His Majesty the King accompanied by Lord Gort at Lille Seclin aerodrome December 1939.

This is 85 Squadron dispersed to Castle Camps in Essex not a location in France. After their virtual annihilation in France the Squadron was training new pilots in the run up to the Battle of Britain and held armament practise from this location.