British pilots in response to an alert, running to their American-made Curtiss P-40  (Kittyhawk) fighters at an airfield in North Africa. 1941 - 1942.

Scramble

IWM caption: "An air gunner climbs into a Boulton Paul Defiant of No. 264 Squadron, July 1940." Source: IWM (HU 104495)
According to Micael Bevan on FB is the gunner wearing the integrated parachute harness.
Taken from my FB page,greetz brummbar
Btw,it looks like the problems from last week concerning the comments page are resolved,at least for me and for now :)

Defiant gunner

A British 40-mm anti-aircraft gun (Bofors) and her crew, positioned under a palm tree on the Mediterranean coast.