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Added during 2011

2011-07-06

This is a photo of Polish Sgt Wlodzimierz Chojnacki in his Spitfire, possibly taken at Northolt or Kirton in Lindsey in 1942. This gentleman ...

2011-06-09

Another Spitfire pilot who has taken off on his last flight:  Norm Smithells, Australian pilot of No. 79 Squadron RAAF.

2011-04-29

Vladimir Urbanek gives us royal treatment this morning with this new Spitfire artwork, documenting a lesser known episode from the history of No. 312 Sqn

2011-04-06

Malta Spitfire Pilot is one of the classic first-hand pilot accounts of World War II. Written by Flt/Lt Denis Barnham, the book covers his ten weeks on Malta at the most dire of times...

2011-03-30

Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) – B.88 near the town of Heesch, in Noord-Brabant, the southern part of Holland, was the 88th airfield on the ...

2011-03-14

‘It’s scintillatingly exciting’: Britain’s only female Spitfire pilot on her … – Daily Mail ‘It’s scintillatingly exciting’: Britain’s only female Spitfire pilot on her ...

2011-02-11

Vladimir Urbanek sent us his new Spitfire artwork, illustrating Czech connections in the history of the Israeli Air Force.  The artwork shows the famous ...

2011-01-25

No. 485 Squadron RNZAF, a Spitfire unit, was the first RNZAF squadron formed under the Empire Air Training Scheme and served in Europe under the operational command of the RAF.

2011-01-17

Found in the recent press: PM David Cameron backs plans for Spitfire memorial in Southampton Prime Minister David Cameron throws his support behind plans to ...

Added during 2010

2010-09-08

5 September 1940 Leutnant Franz von Werra was one of several Luftwaffe personalities who rose from obscurity to fame in a space of merely ...