THE SECOND DUXFORD WING

”Typhoons as a wing are an unwieldy and dangerous assemblage”. So say the records of one of the Hawker fighter’s first operational squadrons, whose efforts to operate in a wing grouping brought only limited success A six-strong formation of No 56 Squadron Typhoon Ibs. Leading the vic nearest the camera is EK183. AEROPLANE On 22 August 1942, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Trenchard visited RAF Duxford. During the Second World War he acted as something of an