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| Company: | private | Airport: | Pardubice (LKPD) |
| Type: | Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVIE (type 361) | Country: | Czech Republic |
| Registration/CN: | G-MXVI/TE184 / DU-N | Date: | May 31st, 2014 |
| Camera: | NIKON D90 | Lens: | Nikkor AF-S 70-300 VR IF-ED |
| Remarks: | For this season is Spitfire in marking of the czechoslovak fighter ace WWII. F/Lt Otto Smik DFC - sq. leader 312. sq. was on this Spit (orig. r/n ML 296 - HF.MK.IX version) shot down by flak during strafing on Gilze-Rijen AB 3.9.1944 (Ramrod 1258). After emergency landing escaped captivity and returned to England. Died 28. 11. 1944 as sq. leader 127. sq. during a raid on the station in Zwolle, where he was again shot down by flak. | ||
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