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Saturday, 12 September 2015
Spitfire V KL-E 54 Squadron - daily Ebay photo find #36
Spitfire V shot down over France/Belgium on June 25 1941 with a "English Major" according to the annotation on the original photo. This is probably Spitfire V R7259, 54 Sq., shot down on 25 June 1941 with W/C John R. Kayll, Hornchurch Wing Leader. He was taken POW.
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