Dark Defenders

Your blogmeister digs black airplanes... and he also has a thing for nocturnal aerial activities... so you'll probably be seeing a good number of photos showing black-painted birds and/or nightfighters here in the future...

IWM caption for this photo:

"Hawker Hurricane Mark Is (Z4204 H nearest) of 'B' Flight, No. 30 Squadron RAF, lined up at Idku, Egypt, while operating in the night fighter role for the air defence of Alexandria."

Imperial War Museum

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