AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: DE HAVILLAND DH 86. - DH.86B, X9441, VIP transport of No. 24 Squadron RAF based at Hendon, Middlesex, prior to flying the Commander-in-Chief, Scottish Command, and his party (in foreground) from Lerwick, Shetland. , Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Regiment, Sqdn, 24

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