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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.V 1. Spitfire Mk.Vc Unit/Location: Luqa Wing (Commander), Luqa, October 1942. Code:White PP-H/BR498 (flew in through Operation "Baritone", 17.08.1942). Pilot:Peter Prosser Hanks, RAF. 2. Spitfire Vc(t) Unit/Location:249 SQN, Ta Kali, July 1942. Code:White UF-S/BR301 (flew in through Operation "Bowery", 09.05.1942. Pilots:G F "Buzz" Beurling and John McElroy, both RCAF. 3. Spitfire Vc(t) Unit/Location:601 SQN, Luqa, 15.06.1942. Code:White UF-M (flew in through Operation "Bowery"(?),09.05.1942) Pilot:Bruce Ingram, RNZAF. Successes:2/0/0 on Malta and a wartime total of 10,5/3/5.Fate:KIA 11.07.44 over Imphal/India. 4. Spitfire Mk.Vb(t) Unit/Location:249 SQN, Ta Kali, July 1942 Code:White X-R/BR562 (flew in through Operation "Spotter", 07.03.1942) Pilot:Ray Hesselyn, RNZAF. Successes:12/1/7 on Malta and a wartime total of 21,5/2/7. Fate:Shot down 03.10.42 and wounded, POW, survived. 5. Spitfire Vc(t) Unit/Location:185 SQN, Hal Far, 09.09.42 Code:Yellow X/BR112 (flew in through Operation "Calendar", 20.04.1942). Pilot:Claude Weaver, RCAF (USA). Successes:10,5/3/0 on Malta and a wartime total of 12,5/3/0. Fate:POW 09.09.42, Survived. 6. Spitfire Vc(t) Unit/Location:603 SQN, Ta Kali, 09.07.1942. Code:White N-4/BP989 (flew in through Operation "Bowery", 09.05.1942) Pilot:Wally McLeod, RCAF. Successes:13/2/9,25 on Malta and a wartime total of 21/3/12,25 Fate:KIA 27.09.44 over France. 7. Spitfire Vc(t) Unit/Location:126 SQN, Luqa, 09.07.1942. Code:White N-MK (flew in through Operation "Style"(?), 03.06.1942) Pilot:Patrick "Paddy" Schade, RAF. Successes:13,5/2/2 on Malta and a wartime total of 13,5/2/2 (+3,5 V1) Fate:KIA, July 1944 over France. 8. Spitfire Vb Unit/Location:401 SQN, Gravesend, April-May 1942. Code:Sky YO-H/BL753. Pilot:D J W "Don" Blakeslee, RCAF (US). Successes:14,5/3/11 as a wartime total. 3/3/7 were on Mk.V's. Fate:Survived. 9. Spitfire Vb Unit/Location:64 SQN, Hornchurch, May 1942. Code:Sky SH-Z/BM476 Note: SQN-Leaders pennant on the right side as well as the word "Athashikar" Pilot:Wilfred Duncan-Smith, RAF. Successes:17/2/8 as a wartime total. 8/2/5 were on Mk.V's! Fate:Survived. 10. Spitfire Vb Unit/Location:411 SQN, Digby, April 1942.Code:Sky DB-P/AD196. Pilot:Henry "Wally" McLeod, RAF.Successes:21/3/12,5 as a wartime total. The majority of it on Mk.V's! Fate:KIA 27.09.44 over France. 11. Spitfire Vb Unit/Location:92 SQN, Biggin Hill, August 1941. Code:m/s/grey QJ-J/W3312 (nickname "Moonraker") Pilot:James Rankin, RAF. Successes:19,5/4,5/16 as a wartime total and nearly all of the on Mk.V's! Fate:Survived. 12. Spitfire Vb(t) Unit/Location:145 SQN, Bou Grara/Tunisia, March 1943. Code:Blue ZX-E/ES252 Pilot:Lance Cleo Wade, RAF (USA). Successes:10/1/7 on Spitfire and a wartime total of 22/2/7 Fate:KIFA or KAS in January 1944. 13. Spitfire Vb Unit/Location:609 SQN, Biggin Hill, July 1941. Code:m/s/grey PR-B/W3238 (nickname "The London Butcher") Pilot:Michael Robinson, RAF. Successes:16/4/1 as a wartime and approx. 50% of it on Mk.V's! Fate:KIA in April 1942. 14. Spitfire Vb Unit/Location:91 SQN, Hawkinge, Summer 1941. Code:m/s/grey DL-J/W3122 Pilot:Jean-Francois Demozay, RAF (French). Successes:18/2/4 as a wartime total and from this number 13/2/3 on Mk.V's. Fate:Survived but KIFA in December 1945.

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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VIII (11) JF476 QJ-D 92 Sqn Sicily 1943; JF447 UF-7 601 Sqn County of London Sqn Italy 1943; MT928 ZX-M 145 Sn Italy 1945; HF.Mk.VIII JF679 AN-J 417 RCAF Sqn Italy 1944; JF322 AX-B 'Billy Boy II' 1 Sqn SAAF. All Dk Earth/Mid Stone/Azure Blue; MT648 QJ-Q 92 Sqn Italy 1945; MT714 FT-F 43 Sqn St. Tropez 1944 both Dk Green/Ocean Grey/m/s/grey; MD324 W-R 615 Sqn India 1944; JG 534 AF-Z 607 Sqn Mingaladon flown by Flt.Lt Donald Nicholson on the Sqn's final sortie; MT982 UM-C 152 Sqn CO Sqn.Ldr Kerr Singapore 1945; MT567 HM-B 136 Sqn Cocos Is 1945; all Dk Green/Dk Earth/m/s/grey. HF.Mk.VIII JF404 GZ-M Foggia 1944 m/s/grey/PRU Blue.

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NEW!!! Desert Air War WWII Collection Pt1 (10) Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb Trop, ES276, 'WD*D', flown by Lt. Sylvan Feld of 4th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group, USAAC, based at La Sebala, Tunisia, June, 1943. Hawker Hurricane Mk.I, Z4244, 'H', Flown By Lieutenant H. P. Allingham of RNFS, based in Western Desert, August, 1941. Curtiss Tomahawk Mk.IIb, AM406, 'DX.O' of 4 Squadron, South African Air Force, based at Lille-Seclin, North Africa, May, 1942. Hawker Hurricane Mk.Ib, W9291, 'M' of 30 Squadron, Royal Air Force, based in Edku, North Africa, August, 1941. North-American P-51A, serial unknown, 'WU.B', of 225 Squadron, Royal Air Force, based in Algeria, May, 1943. Grumman Martlet Mk.III, AX733, 'K' of 805 NAS, Royal Navy Fighter Unit, based at Mersa Matruh, Egypt, August, 1941. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb Trop, ER758, 'S', 'Hero', of 336 (Greek) Squadron, based at Benghazi, Libya, February, 1944 Vickers Wellington Mk.Ic, T2607, 'LF.P', 37 Squadron, Royal Air Force, based at Shallufa, Egypt, January, 1942 Douglas Boston Mk.III, W8376, 'C', of 24 Squadron, South African Air Force, based at Zuara, Libya, April, 1943. Curtiss P-40F, '12', 'Jo' of 57th Fighter Group, originally aboard USS Ranger, circa July, 1943

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