No.11 SQN front & back - T-shirt Whirlwind Fighter EJ880 5R-R

EJ880 5R-R

Later in the war the aircraft found its true role when up against the Luftwaffe's FW 190 and when armed with 20mm Hispano auto cannons it became a formidable ground attack aircraft

forward air control

test pilot Harry Hawker and Tommy Sopwith formed H

Air Vice Marshall James Edgar Johnson

No.11 SQN front & back - T-shirt Whirlwind Fighter EJ880 5R-RXI Squadron Squadron roundel on front, emblem on rear of shirt Formed by the Royal Flying Corps, XI Squadron was the first fighter unit. Starting with the Vickers Gunbus at Netheravon, the squadron progressed to Bristol Fighters towards the end of the First War. Aircraft used between the wars include Westland Wapitis and Hawker Harts. At the outbreak of WW2 the squadron deployed to Singapore, armed with the Blenheim. The jet age added the Vampire,