Fighting Cocks - T-shirt Size:4XL The first RAF Phantom entered

The first RAF Phantom entered service in 1969 with the formation of 6 Squadron at Coningsby

but when the project was cancelled the Boeing E-3D Sentry was ordered

This profile is Lancaster ED825 flown by Flt Lt Joe McCarthy during the Dams Raid of May 1943

The Eagle has been purchased by other Air Forces including Japan and Saudi Arabia

Westland Lysander

Fighting Cocks - T-shirt Size:4XL The first RAF Phantom enteredNo. 43 Squadron RAF 'The Fighting Cocks' No. 43 Squadron was formed in Stirling, Scotland, in 1916 as part of the Royal Flying Corps. During the Great War the squadron operated Sopwith Strutters, Camels and Snipes. In 1926 the squadron flew the Gloster Gamecock earning its nickname 'The Fighting Cocks'. Siskins and Hawker Fury's were the squadrons aircraft leading up to World War 2. Hurricanes and Spitfires followed prior to the jet age which saw the