Image: Spitfire VB 222 Sqn RAF in flight 1942
Description: A Royal Air Force Spitfire Mark VB (AD233, 'ZD-F') being flown by the Commanding Officer of No. 222 Squadron RAF, Squadron Leader Richard Milne, when based at North Weald, Essex (RAF). On 25 May 1942, AD233 was shot down by German Focke Wulf Fw 190s over Gravelines (France), while being flown by Squadron Leader Jankiewicz. This particular Spitfire was part of the Spitfire Fund raising from the Dutch East Indies. On the left side it carried the presentation name "West Borneo I"
Title: Spitfire VB 222 Sqn RAF in flight 1942
Credit: This is photograph COL 188 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. [1])
Author: RAF
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