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  2. List of surviving Supermarine Spitfires - Wikipedia

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    Originally built in 1944 at Castle Bromwich under construction number CBAF10164. Found in a Scrap yard in South Africa in the 1980’s and restored to airworthy condition in 2008. Owned and operated by Spitfires.com, based at Goodwood Aerodrome, West Sussex and Solent Airport, Hampshire for Spitfire experience flights and Spitfire pilot training.

  3. Supermarine Spitfire - Wikipedia

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    Audio recording of Spitfire fly-past at the 2011 family day at RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire Supermarine Spitfire G-AWGB landing at Biggin Hill Airport, June 2024. The Supermarine Spitfire was a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II.

  4. Military history - Wikipedia

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    The study of military history in universities remains seriously underdeveloped. Indeed, lack of interest in and disdain for military history probably constitute one of the strangest prejudices of the profession. [4] [5] In recent decades University level courses in military history remain popular; often they use films to humanize the combat ...

  5. Battle of Britain Memorial Flight - Wikipedia

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    The Flight sold Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk. XIX PS853 in 1996 to offset the costs of the re-build. [4] The aircraft flew again on 29 September 1998, flown by then Officer Commanding BBMF, Squadron Leader Paul Day OBE AFC. [30] The aircraft returned to, and remains in, service with the BBMF. [31] 7 May 2015 Avro Lancaster B Mk.

  6. Chelsea Pensioner enjoys surprise flight in Second World War ...

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    Chelsea Pensioner Mike Smith flew in the rear of one of two Second World War Spitfires flying over Sussex during an event for military veterans.

  7. Supermarine Speed Spitfire - Wikipedia

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    In June 1938, still some months before N.17 would be readied for flight, Heinkel He 100 V2 raised the record again to 394.6 mph (635.0 km/h). This was very close to the anticipated maximum speed the as yet unflown Speed Spitfire. Its first flights finally took place at the hands of Mutt Summers on 11 November 1938.

  8. Aerial reconnaissance in World War II - Wikipedia

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    The flights present a dense coverage of Northern Ethiopia, where they were acquired in the context of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. Several flights preceded the later advance of the Italian army southwards to the capital Addis Ababa. As of 1936, the aerial photographs were used to prepare topographic maps at 1:100,000 and 1:50,000 scales. [15 ...

  9. MOD Sealand - Wikipedia

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    MOD Sealand (formerly RAF Sealand), is a Ministry of Defence installation in Flintshire, in the northeast corner of Wales, close to the border with England.. It was a Royal Air Force station, active between 1916 and 2006.