Fighting Cocks - Long-sleeve T-shirt Colour:Black This the first American swept-wing

This the first American swept-wing transonic jet fighter

Tommy was a wealthy sportsman interested in aviation

then the Phantom

Both had been shot down and imprisoned by the Germans

Fighting Cocks - Long-sleeve T-shirt Colour:Black This the first American swept-wingNo. 43 Squadron RAF 'The Fighting Cocks' No. 43 Squadron was formed in Stirling, Scotland, in 1916 as part of the Royal Flying Corps. During the Great War the squadron operated Sopwith Strutters, Camels and Snipes. In 1926 the squadron flew the Gloster Gamecock earning its nickname 'The Fighting Cocks'. Siskins and Hawker Fury's were the squadrons aircraft leading up to World War 2. Hurricanes and Spitfires followed prior to the jet age which saw the