"I often think of 409 at the bottom of the Pacific with some of my personal gear aboard. After all this time there is probably nothing left..."
CV-9 USS Essex & AVG-83, March-August 1945
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The F/O Ian Keltie, RCAF Feature Article I published a few days ago...
Flying Officer Ian Keltie’s Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc
"August 24, 1942 was a particularly hot day, as I recall. It was to be a hot day in more ways than one..."
Wing Commander Peter Mallan Brothers’ Spitfire HF.Mk.VIIc
Air Commodore Peter Mallan Brothers CBE, DSO, DFC Born in 1917, Pete Brothers learnt to fly at age 16. He joined the RAF in 1936, trained as a pilot and joined No 32 Squadron at the end of the year to fly Gauntlet biplane fighters. By 1940 he was a Flight Commander flying Hurricanes …
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