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Re: First Captured Flyable Spitfire
REF POST No.10
The Germans had to wait until 01.06.40 to get a really flyable Spitfire in their hands.
This was ZD-A P9317 of No.222 Squadron with Plt. Offr. Falkhurst landing at Le Touquet with the wheels down and no fuel.The aircraft was shipped to Rechlin airfield as ZD+A and with the Germans marking of 2+1 it flew in German hands until August, when it was destroyed in a crash landing.
Several were captured intact BUT with damage that rendered them UN-FLYABLE... as to the PR spit there is on the LEMB board (which is still accessable) a picture of it outside the hanger covered in snow with engine open to the elements...
regards
kaiyan
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