Spitfire MK XIV - Hoodie F-100 US Naval aviation began with

US Naval aviation began with aviator Glenn Curtiss who was contracted by the US Government to fly aircraft from land bases and from aboard ships at sea

Members of the Road Research Laboratory

The type was used by numerous air forces including the United States Navy

This profile is of the last Valiant built

The nickname 'WOKKA' comes from the distinctive sound made by the 60ft diameter twin rotors chopping the air

Spitfire MK XIV - Hoodie F-100 US Naval aviation began withSupermarine Spitfire MK XIV RN135 was flown by Squadron Leader J. H. 'Ginger' Lacey with No. 17 Squadron. The Squadron operated out of Miho Airfield during the early occupation of Japan at the end of the war. The back of the shirt features 8 profiles from this collection.