Thread: First Captured Flyable Spitfire
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Old 30th September 2016, 12:31
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Re: First Captured Flyable Spitfire
As I understand, a PR Spitfire was captured in May 1940. This presumably was unserviceable. Its loss (despite ignored earlier orders to evacuate) was one of the reasons why the RAF fell out with Sydney Cotton .
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