D-Day Albemarle - T-shirt Tornado ZA399 The Gannet first flew in

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

torpedo bomber and target tug

Members of the Road Research Laboratory

It's first deployment was on the aircraft carrier USS Kittyhawk in the role of all-weather airborne early warning and command and control

Having served in Vietnam and the Gulf war the Aardvark retired in 1996

D-Day Albemarle - T-shirt Tornado ZA399 The Gannet first flew inArmstrong Whitworth Albemarle 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.