History:
FF 16-4-42 8MU 17-4-42 'USS Wasp' 3-5-42 flown off Wasp to Malta 9-5-42 249Sq 'T-I' CB 15-5-42 137MU 27-5-42 mod as bomber. 229Sq 'X-I' Unable to lower u/c Ta Kali 15-2-43 Sgt WG Bromhead (RAAF) safe NWAfrica 1-5-43 Malta 1-7-43 43Sq 21-7-43 Sicily 1-8-43 Damaged by P-51 and abandoned 5ml S of Bianca Sicily CE 17-8-43 FLt NW Lee rescued by Walrus [Middle East 30-9-43 SOC]
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Spitfire Production