RAF Fighters at 'Readiness'

4th August 1940: A Spitfire pilot describes the bond between aircrew and ground crew as they ready for 'Scramble'

Armourer Fred Roberts re-arms Supermarine Spitfire Mark IA, serial number X4474 ‘QV-I’, belonging to No. 19 Squadron RAF, at Fowlmere airfield in Cambridgeshire. Nearby, the pilot, Sergeant B.J. Jennings, exchanges a few words with his mechanic.