Gannet - T-shirt Spitfire 234SQN The USAAF used the B-17

The USAAF used the B-17 for daylight bombing over Germany and also in the Pacific against Japanese targets

The 12 AEWs were given names from the Magic Roundabout and The Herbs TV series

the Flycatcher entered service with No

The illustrations have been drawn in the same black and white graphic style that we all love and are familiar with

Built at the Fairey's Hayes factory in 1923

Gannet - T-shirt Spitfire 234SQN The USAAF used the B-17Fairey Gannet The Gannet first flew in 1949 and made the first deck landing of a turboprop aircraft on HMS Illustrious. The first FFA Gannet squadron was 826 NAS on board HMS Eagle in the early warning and anti submarine role, but by the mid 60s the Gannet switched to electronic counter measures and mail and light cargo supply. The Gannet was exported to many countries including the Royal Australian Navy, Indonesia and West Germany.