U-2 - Sweat Shirt Size:4XL 92 Squadron

92 Squadron

Due to engine and manufacturing problems the aircraft was replaced by the Hawker Typhoon in 1943

it became an important and was extensively used as a bomber by the RAF in the early 1940s

361st Fighter Group

There are still a small number of these legendary aircraft flying today

U-2 - Sweat Shirt Size:4XL 92 SquadronLockheed U 2 'Dragon Lady' World War II taught the US military the value of strategic aerial reconnaissance. The Air Force commissioned the Beacon Hill Report that suggested an aircraft was needed that would carry advanced optics and operate at an altitude of over 70,000ft. Clarence Kelly Johnson from Lockheed designed a jet powered glider, the CL282. At this time the design was recommended to the CIA, so in 1955 the aircraft was re designated the U 2