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Spitfires - Egyptian Air Force photos
By Malcolm Laird
May 24, 2006, 21:08
Egyptian Spitfires...
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| Spitfire Mk IXs, seen behind some Egyptian pilots and a British RAF instructor at al-Ballah in the Canal Zone in 1949. The aircraft are survivors of the 1948 Palestine War. ( J. Baldwin via David Nicolle) |
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| Spitfire 22s at Luqa, Malta, during delivery from the UK (Norman Lees via David Nicolle) |
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| Spitfire 22s at Luqa, Malta, during delivery from the UK (Norman Lees via David Nicolle) |
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| An REAF officer in a Spitfire 22 at Tahsin Zaki in the early '50s. (David NIcolle) |
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| An REAF officer poses with a Spitfire 22 at Tahsin Zaki (not to be confused with Taher Zaki) in the early '50s. The Spitfires at this time formed an advanced training squadron, not a front-line operational unit. (David NIcolle) |
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