Rafwaffe (Enemy Aircraft) Flight RAF
Royal Air Force groundcrew technicians of No1426 (Enemy Aircraft) Flight RAF and known as the Rafwaffe examine a captured Nazi Luftwaffe Henschel Hs 129B twin engined ground attack aircraft originally of Schlachtgeschwader 1 and a Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-5 single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft of Schnellkampfgeschwader10 on 2nd March 1944 at RAF Collyweston in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom. No.1426 (Enemy Aircraft) Flight RAF, nicknamed "the Rafwaffe", was a Royal Air Force flight formed during the Second World War to evaluate captured enemy aircraft and demonstrate their characteristics to other Allied units. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images).
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02 March, 1944
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