D-Day Hurricane - Sweat Shirt Colour:French Navy This profile is a Sea

This profile is a Sea Hawk from 800 NAS

The Wessex and Sea King eventually replaced the Whirlwind

Gannet and Rotodyne

which performed the first sortie on Port Stanley Airport

The Gannet first flew in 1949 and made the first deck landing of a turboprop aircraft on HMS Illustrious

D-Day Hurricane - Sweat Shirt Colour:French Navy This profile is a SeaHawker Hurricane The Allied Expeditionary Air Force was formed to control the tactical air power of the Allied Air Forces during Operation Overlord. It was also a component of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force commanded by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. On June 6th 1944 over 12,000 allied aircraft flew 14,674 sorties.