Spitfire Mk Ia X4559 No 41 Squadron.zip 2024-07-05

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Spitfire Mk Ia, S/L George "Ben" Bennions, No 41 Squadron RAF. P/O Bennions was one of the leading Battle of Britain Spitfire pilots, credited with twelve enemy aircraft destroyed (1 German bomber and 11 fighters), five probably destroyed and five damaged in just over 2 months. On 1 October 1940, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Moments later, he scrambled from the RAF airbase in Hornchurch at the controls of Spitfire X4559 to intercept enemy fighters. He shot down one of the...

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