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Two-Seat Spitfire MT818 to Fly in USAAF Colors for 2025By this time the squadron had upgraded to the higher performance Spitfire Mk IX. Spitfires from the squadron provided support for the Allied invasion of Sicily and later the landings by Allied ...
The latest Spitfire Mark IX had a 1,720 horsepower engine and was equipped with both 20mm cannons and .50 calibre machine-guns. The fighters provided crucial air support for the D-Day landings and ...
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‘Spitfires belong in the skies’: The engineers keeping the Second World War fighters flyingOn a bright Wednesday morning in Biggin Hill, south-east London, Joe Hurst clambers into the cockpit of Spitfire TA805, a Mk IX, on which “Spirit of Kent” is emblazoned in white lettering.
Trips to museums inspired his love of the Spitfire and building models of it ... which are currently works in progress join the Mark IX variant on his lawn, along with the replica Hellcat US ...
Now Ian Fox has got a full-sized Spitfire in his front garden - along ... which are currently works in progress join the Mark IX variant on his lawn, along with the replica Hellcat US Navy ...
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