Spitfire_VB_92_Sqn_top_view_c1941.jpg

Summary

Description A Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire Mark VB (R6923, ‘QJ-S) of No 92 Squadron RAF based at Biggin Hill, Kent (UK), banking towards the photographing aircraft. R6923 was originally a Mark I, converted to a Mark V after serving with No. 19 Squadron and No. 7 Operational Training Unit in 1940. It was shot down over the sea by a Messerschmitt Me 109F on 22 June 1941.
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This photograph CH 2929 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums .
Author
George Woodbine wikidata:Q106944122
George Woodbine
Alternative names
George Ernest Woodbine; Woodbine G (F/O)
Description photographer and military officer
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creator QS:P170,Q106944122

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