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Re: Crashed Spitfire photo identification No.611 Sqd
Hi Melvin,
1) You are right it should be 1941/42 period. See A1 roundel on the fuselage what was valid till 21 May 1942.
2) The killed airman inside the cockpit looks like an officer. There is no visible Sgt or W/O chevron.
3) The leaves seems to be hale, so I think it could be summer or early autumn.
The sign on the cowling is a personal one. Unfortunately not a dedication and there is no possibility to identify a/c from a list of presentation Spitfires.
I was asked a few years ago by my & your French friend Laurent for a identification of this Spitfire. The possibility of F/O Dexter´s a/c is excluded ?
At any rate it should be a/c what was downed in Boulogne s/M area because of the source of picture.
Regards,
Michal
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