Vlamgat - the term the South African Air Force personnel affectionally called their Mirage fighter jets. Vlamgat means 'flaming arse' in direct translation - and for good reason.

Here two Mirage III D2Zs, numbers 843 and 849 at the weapons camp in Langebaan in 1985 - one of which is having a 'wet start' - where excess fuel in the combustion chamber and tail pipe is burnt off in a phenomenon called 'torching'

Daimler-Benz DB 601Aa V12 inverted engine of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3

Bf 109 E-4; 1942

French Rafale flies over Iraq

Bf 109 G-6/trop of JG 27 piloted by ace Gunther Hannak; Sicily

Bf 109 G-6/R6 of 1/JG 302; Malmi Airfield, Finland; February 28 1944