Spitfire being loaded aboard U.S.S. Wasp for transportation to Malta, April 1942.

Operation Bowery was a mission in which the USS Wasp (CV 7) was ordered to reinforce spitfire strength on the island of Malta and help alleviate the unprecedented bombing raids by the Luftwaffe.

Mike wrote “Jammy git.”

Thanks Mike, that’s an expression I have not heard in donkeys years.

And another!

Another Stearman, again with my house in the back ground.

Thanks for the explanation aeronut. As an ex Airborne troop I found it of interest.

And back to the theme. The Harvard’s cousin the T6. The house in the back ground is my home.

Back on the road again.

It took me a while to find these pictures and I see the thread has moved on however a quick step backwards produces these pictures from Grantham High Street.

It would make a good quiz to answer what aircraft sport this nose art.

And the Macaws