A-4 Skyhawk - Long-sleeve T-shirt Puma Christmas day 1940 a Martlet

Christmas day 1940 a Martlet shot down a Junkers Ju88 over Scapa Flow which was the first combat victory by a US built fighter in British service in World War II

Fiat Aviazione / Aeritalia G

40 was Britain's first jet engined aircraft created for the Air Ministry to test Frank Whittle's new jet propulsion technology

having won the toss of a coin

A-4 Skyhawk - Long-sleeve T-shirt Puma Christmas day 1940 a MartletDouglas A 4 Skyhawk The Skyhawk first flew in 1954 and entered service in 1956 with United States Marine Corps as a carrier borne light fighter. The Skyhawk saw combat operations in many conflicts including the Vietnam War, Yom Kippur War, the Falklands conflict and Operation Desert Storm in 1990.