This blog has seen a number of striking photographs depicting the Spitfire; today, more great photographs of the iconic Second World War plane--this time, in full colour!
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| © IWM (COL 189) |
A Spitfire in flight over England, 1939-1945. Source
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| © IWM (COL 190) |
Three Spitfires flying in formation over Essex, 1939-1945. Source
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| © IWM (TR 823) |
Spitfires of the Royal Canadian Air Force in Tunisia, 1943. Source
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| © IWM (TR 872) |
An RCAF Spitfire pilot preparing for take-off, Tunisia, 1943. Source
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| © IWM (TR 865) |
Royal Canadian Air Force Spitfires flying over the Tunisian desert, 1943. Source
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| © IWM (TR 23) |
Start-up of a Spitfire named 'The Flying Scotsman', paid for by donations from LNER personnel ('The Flying Scotsman,', of course, being the name of a well-known train, at the time run by LNER). England, 1942. Source
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| © IWM (TR 1009) |
A crashed RCAF Spitfire being dismembered for parts, Tunisia, 1943. Source
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| © IWM (TR 1033) |
A Spitfire pilot of the South African air force conferring with his Number 2, Tunisia, 1943. Source
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| © IWM (TR 1536) |
RAF Spitfires flying past Mount Vesuvius, Italy, 1944. Source
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| © IWM (TR 1069) |
The personal Spitfire of Air Vice Marshal Keith Park, Commanding Air Officer of Malta, as he prepares for a ceremonial take-off to inaugurate Malta's new aerodrome at Safi, 1943. Source
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| © IWM (TR 745) |
And.... take-off! Source
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| © IWM (COL 191) |
Re-fueling and bullet-replenishing of a Spitfire, England, 1939-1945. Source
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| © IWM (COL 192) |
RAF pilots in front of a Spitfire, England, 1939-1945. Source
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| © IWM (TR 857) |
RAF Spitfires banking over Tunisia during a sortie, 1943. Source
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| © IWM (TR 139) |
A Spitfire in flight over the English coast. Source
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