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Re: Any ideas on spit identity e bay album
Hello,
The photo of Lance Wade was taken after he crash landed in Gleed's Spitfire VB on February 26, 1943 after being hit by British flak. Wade had damaged an Me 109 on this mission.
This Spitfire was Gleed's "IRG (Figaro)" ER 170, which he only flew for a short time in February, 1943. Most likely he needed a new regular plane after Wade's incident. In March 43 he began flying "IRG (Figaro) AB502, in which he completed at least 35 operational missions, and in which he was shot down on April 16, 1943.
(See Norman Franks "Fighter Leader" (William Kimber, 1978), where most of this information is derived. There are also 3 good photos of ER 170 in this book. These photos, a scan of which I have attached, are located between pages 128 and 129 of this excellent book.)
Russ Fahey
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