American volunteer pilots of No.121 (Eagle) Squadron run to their aircraft at RAF Rochford in Essex, August 1942. hawker hurricane A Union Flag hangs defiantly

A Union Flag hangs defiantly from a building in the aftermath of the air raid which devastated the centre of Coventry on the night of 14/15 November 1940

A medium close up of Cody at the controls of Cody aircraft mark II with a Native American in traditional dress as a passenger

armed with a 'Tommy gun'

for a morning's training on the airfield

American volunteer pilots of No.121 (Eagle) Squadron run to their aircraft at RAF Rochford in Essex, August 1942. hawker hurricane A Union Flag hangs defiantlyFlying Officer Barry Mahon (left) and Flight Lieutenant Seldon R Edner run to their aircraft as they are given the order to scramble. Both men are from California. The original caption states that enemy aircraft had appeared at 25,000 feet, seven miles