Articles Tagged with "Spitfire Mk. V"
Added in February 2012
2012-02-22
A few weeks ago I was pleasantly surprised to receive an email containing a unique photos of various Spitfires. You can image my surprise when I found out that these were sent personally by one of the surviving Battle of Britain pilots...
2012-02-11
Desperately in need of modern fighters, France took a keen interest in the Spitfire as early as 1939. A single Spitfire Mk I was ...
2012-02-10
Vladimir Urbanek sent us his brand new drawing entitled “RAF Duty”, showing another Spitfire of No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron. The scene depicts one of ...
Added during 2011
2011-12-23
In October 2011, a group of amateur aviation historians have unearthed the wreckage of a Spitfire in Northern France near the village of Hardifort. Its discovery was accidental: a film crew making a World War Two documentary was excavating what they believed was the wreckage of a downed Czech aircraft when they realised that they came across a different crash site...
2011-09-12
Here is a great HD video from a 16-strong Spitfire formation display during the 2010 Flying Legends show at Duxford. [auldm, via YouTube] Inspired? ...
2011-09-06
The title says it all. Some nice formation flying in a perfect weather over the beautiful English countryside. A clip from flyingmachines.tv. [via YouTube]
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 ...
2011-04-29
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
2011-03-01
Another mystery photo today. A cheery group of French personnel posing in front of an impressive lineup of Spifires Mk. V. This picture originates ...
2011-02-17
No. 451 Squadron was one of the fighter units of the RAAF which spent most of its wartime career in the Mediterranean...
