U-2 - Long-sleeve T-shirt Size:2XL Aircrews who blast around the

Aircrews who blast around the loop have another unrepeatable name for this low flying area

Great success was achieved during the build-up to D-Day with the attack on Bridges and V1 launching sites

Supermarine started in 1913 as Pemberton-Billing in Southampton

The name was simplified to Gloster Aircraft then merged with the Hawker Siddeley Group

The Lightning entered service in 1959 and retired from the RAF in 1988 having served as an interceptor

U-2 - Long-sleeve T-shirt Size:2XL Aircrews who blast around theLockheed 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