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Spitfire K9998

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model: Ia
factory: EA
engine: MIII

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History:

FF 1-6-39 504S 2-11-39 603S 6-11-39 AST 24-2-40 92S 2-7-40 7OTU 1-11-40 Westland 4-11-40 7OTU 4-11-40 57OTU FACB 16-8-41 crash-landed Hawarden 26-8-41 1CRU to 2822M 6SoTT 27-12-41

* for acronyms please see Spitfire Production
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Pilots:

Name Date Rank Status
Wellum G H A 1940‑05‑01 S/L ok
Mottram R 1940‑10‑13 F/L kia
note: 'pilot to aircraft' linkage created via Pilot's page

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by: Red Dragon Pilot Officer Geoff Wellum 2017-04-28 16:59:48

On 20th September I flew two patrols with 92 Squadron in K9998. After this length of time I can recall nothing of the action, but I do remember during September and October 1940, Me109s were always in the Biggin Hill Sector in numbers and caused problems. I recall that they were always above us as we never seemed to be scrambled in time to get enough height. Our climb was always a desperate, full throttle affair, but we never quite got up to them. I did manage to get a crack at two Me109s on one patrol but although I saw strikes I could only claim them as damaged. The Few: The Story of the Battle of Britain in the Words of the Pilots
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