HMS Victory - Home Before the Squall by Ivan Berryman. (AP) PER388 This now legendary image conjures

This now legendary image conjures up those exhilarating final moments as an exhausted pilot and his crew bring their mighty warbird safely home to the welcoming winter countryside of East Anglia

Along with many of his colleagues

Supermarine S6

Operation Strachwitz II by David Pentland

The Culmhead Spitfire Wing flew constant armed Rhubarb attacks in support of the invasion from D-Day - June 6 1944 - till the first improvised strips were established in France a few weeks following the invasion

HMS Victory - Home Before the Squall by Ivan Berryman. (AP) PER388 This now legendary image conjuresDHM6607AP. HMS Victory Home Before the Squall by Ivan Berryman. Against the darkening skies of an impending storm, HMS Victory is depicted entering Portsmouth Harbour. This iconic ship, launched in Chatham in 1765, is now preserved in Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard on public display and is still a commissioned warship in the Royal Navy. Weighing 2,162 tons, Victory was crewed by 850 men and carried 104 guns on three decks. Professionally produced