Articles Tagged with "1943"
Added during 2010
2010-04-12
Presentation Spitfire LF Mk. IX “EL QUEQUEISQE”. Photograph most probably taken at the point of delivery from CBAF. [Rafael Ruiz coll.] Click to enlarge ...
2010-04-12
“The origins of the Kent County Squadron idea began back in August 1940, when no less a person than Bob Stanford Tuck brought down ...
2010-04-12
“The basic specifications for United States aircraft now flying in combat areas were laid down five years or more ago, an indication of the ...
2010-01-20
Click to enlarge image Spifire Mk. XIC, serial no. BS319 DN-B of No. 416 Squadron RCAF, displaying characteristic feature of early production Mk. IXs: ...
2010-01-14
Click to enlarge image In mid-1942, No. 54 Spitfire Squadron left for Australia to help deploy a Spitfire force in defence of the Northern ...
Added during 2009
2009-12-02
Click to enlarge image F/Lt Don Andrews, flight commander of No. 453 Squadron RAAF, in the cockpit of his Spitfire Mk. IXC, serial number ...
2009-11-16
Clipped-wing Spitfire Mk.Vb EP644 RY-S of No. 313 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, artwork by Pavel Rampír.
2009-07-02
Click to enlarge image Salerno, Italy, October 1943. US Coast Guard ship unloads the troops and heavy equipment at the beach of Paestum. Spitfire ...
2009-06-28
Click to enlarge image Australian Spitfire Mk. VC serial no. BR543 ZP-T of No. 457 Squadron displaying an interesting personal Pegasus emblem. The pilot ...
2009-06-10
Click to enlarge image This photo, originating from HMSO publications of the time, had been entitled “Spitfires can take it. Riddled fighter makes safe ...
