Image: SpitfireVb 601Sqn Djerba1943

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Description: Three Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire Vb on a patrol over Djerba Island, off Gabes, on their way to the Mareth Line area in early 1943. The planes "UF-V" and "UF-F" belonged to 601 Squadron. The plane "IR-G" (s/n AB502) in the foreground was the personal plane of Ian Richard Gleed, DFC, Wing Commander of No. 244 Wing. On 16 April 1943 Gleed was killed in a fighter sweep in the Cap Bon area. He was shot down in his Spitfire by German Messerschmitt Bf 109Gs from JG 77.
Title: SpitfireVb 601Sqn Djerba1943
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Author: U.S. Army Air Forces, from Royal Air Force, Washington, D.C.
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License: Public domain
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