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Submitted by aua on 2024.03.24. - 01:48

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Spitfire LF.Mk.IXe

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	Supermarine Spitfire	https://ww2db.com/aircraft_spec.php?aircraft_model_id=a9 https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=218 https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire	United States Navy fighter designations pre-1962 - Jagdflugzeuge (Fighter) der U.S. Navy und des U.S. Marine Corps bis 1962, Swedish military aircraft designations 1926-current - Система обозначений авиатехники ВВС Швеции с 1926 года по настоящее время
	Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire_(late_Merlin-powered_variants)#Mk_IX_(type_361)

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Valvetta művelet - Operation Velvetta (héber: מבצע ולווטה) - Operation Velvetta (מבצע ולווטה)

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This Spitfire LF.Mk.IXe arrived in Israel during the Operation Velvetta, wearing standard RAF camouflage colours – consisting of ocean grey (FS16187) and dark green (BS381C/641) over medium sea grey (BS381C/637) – and full markings of No. 101 ‘First Fighter’ Squadron. Originally serialled 2003, it received a large identification number 12d (possibly applied in yellow, instead in white) on the rear fuselage, while at Hatzor AB, in December 1949.

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