2009 April

Spitfire Site

Archive for April, 2009

Added during 2009

2009-04-27

The newest addition to the airshow circuit is the Spitfire Mk. IX PV270. Restored by Brendon Deere in memory of his uncle, fighter ace, ...

2009-04-27

Click to enlarge image The newly-arrived USAAF is formally taking over an RAF station, December 1942. Despite this rather special occasion, this photo is ...

2009-04-27

A beautiful photo of Spitfire Mk. XIV in flight, anno 1944. RB159 DW-D belonged to No. 610 Sqn “County of Chester” RAuxAF, the first ...

2009-04-25

I’m working with improving the formatting of our articles in print – a somewhat old issue which I never had enough energy to address ...

2009-04-23

This week’s vintage aviation news have been dominated by one subject – Spitfire sold at an auction at the RAF Museum in Hendon on ...

2009-04-23

Click to enlarge image This somewhat unique photograph shows a Spitfire Mk. V of No. 416 Squadron RCAF, DN-T, serial no. AB284, in captivity ...

2009-04-23

Click on the image to enlarge New contribution from the Dutch airbrush artist Herman Veltrop is this piece presenting the well-known preserved Grace Spitfire, ...

2009-04-19

Click to enlarge image Photographed in their element are Spitfires Mk. Vc trop of  the 1st Fighter Wing RAAF, photographed from a Beaufort bomber on ...

2009-04-14

Click to enlarge image Official RAF photograph taken on 7 June 1944, a day after the invasion in Normandy. It shows rows of factory-fresh ...

2009-04-02

Click on the image to enlarge Barry Gillingwater has submitted the image of this collectible. Quoting the owner’s description: “I have included a photo ...