2010 August

Spitfire Site

Archive for August, 2010

Added during 2010

2010-08-30

24 August – 6 September 1940 Phase two of Adlerangriff did not immediately follow the first because of additional concentration of German fighter forces ...

2010-08-27

19 August 1940 Luftwaffe activities between the Adlertag and 18 August, which marked the end of the first phase of their assault, followed essentially ...

2010-08-25

A beautiful photo of Supermarine S.6B, taken at Calshot prior to the  the 1931 Schneider Trophy race. The S.6B was the famous predecessor of ...

2010-08-25

18 August 1940 During the five days of the offensive which had started on the Eagle Day, the Germans were probing for gaps in ...

2010-08-24

Aviation artist and writer Troy White from Uruguay has been a painter since the early 1970′s. The subjects in his paintings of aircraft are ...

2010-08-24

Greetings to all from Emmental, Switzerland. Here is a model with I contribute as a homage to the pilots of the Battle of Britain ...

2010-08-24

Hello again from Greece! This is my second Spitfire Mk. Vc in Hellenic markings. Once again, I used the Tamiya Mk. Vb kit 1/48 ...

2010-08-23

16 August 1940 Of the two main British fighter types participating in the Battle of Britain, the rugged Hawker Hurricane was notorious for its ...

2010-08-23

Sad news arrived yesterday about a tragic Spitfire accident in Norway. On Saturday, 21 August at 18:45, the preserved Spitfire FR Mk. XVIIIe, serial ...

2010-08-22

15 August 1940 This day was remarkable in many respects. Five major operations were fought. The activity ranged over a front of 500 miles ...