t' . Artist's impression of one of the first actions fought by the new Spitfire against Focke-Wulf 190s. The *iSpitfjre:, most deadly and most feared of u 1 British fighter airerai't. has been improved, and the new type has proved itself more than a match for the fastest Axis lighters. First squadrons to be equipped •with new Spitfires were an International Squadron attached to li.A. F. Fighter Command and a Fighting French Squadron. The former ,s composed of English, Irish, Scot :i> h, Czechoslovak. Australian and New Zealand pilots.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 79, 8 June 1943, Page 3
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88t' . Artist's impression of one of the first actions fought by the new Spitfire against Focke-Wulf 190s. The *iSpitfjre:, most deadly and most feared of u 1 British fighter airerai't. has been improved, and the new type has proved itself more than a match for the fastest Axis lighters. First squadrons to be equipped •with new Spitfires were an International Squadron attached to li.A. F. Fighter Command and a Fighting French Squadron. The former ,s composed of English, Irish, Scot :i>h, Czechoslovak. Australian and New Zealand pilots. Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 79, 8 June 1943, Page 3
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