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16th August 2018, 04:31

PMoz99

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Re: Dieppe raid

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Originally Posted by Tom Semenza

Peter,

Although those nose stripes had been reported in some sources to have been applied for the Dieppe operation, it has now been well established that they where applied for the pre-Dieppe exercise known as Operation Rutter which took part in July 1942. The stripes were removed prior to Dieppe.

Tom

Poop.

So much for my planned "Dieppe" striped Spitfire.
So the stripes were only there for what - the first week of July?
Cheers
Peter

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