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Originally Posted by Phil Lloyd
Hi all,
I have attached a frame from a piece of film reputed to have been taken of an aircraft formation during the Battle of Britain.
My guess is that it maybe RAF fighters perhaps in vics with a tail end charlie weaving behind. Judging by the naked tree, if it is BofB it would be late autumn by which time I thought these tactics had been shelved?
So could it be winter '39/ spring '40?
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The three aircraft vic formation was progressively abandoned through the second half of 1940. However, vic formations persisted in some squadrons into 1941, particularly those with pre-war RAF pilots leading them.
Brian Cull's Spitfires Over Malta has pilot accounts that mention vic formations in 1942.