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No. 7816. Supermarine 361 Spitfire F.Mk.IX (EN133) Royal Air Force
Photographed at Biggin Hill, Bromley, London, UK, September 1942
APS No. 2486

Supermarine 361 Spitfire F.Mk.IX

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05/31/2008. Produced under contract B19713/39 of August 23, 1941, EN133 was delivered to No. 611 West Lancashire Squadron at Biggin Hill in early July 1942. On March 14, 1943 the aircraft was lost in a combat with a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 of Jagdgeschwader 26. The pilot, Squadron Leader J.H. Slater, was killed.

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