D-Day Sunderland - Hoodie Size:S Hawker Fury

Hawker Fury

English Electric Lightning F2

The service rapidly grew in the 1930s even during the Great Depression

Its primary role was to intercept Soviet bombers entering UK airspace with powerful radar and armed with Skyflash and AIM 7 Sparrow missiles

known as the Vigorous Dragon

D-Day Sunderland - Hoodie Size:S Hawker FuryShort Sunderland 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.