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DanielArkansanEngine β Spitfire Base
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Another WW2 aircraft base, this time the face of the Royal Air Force, the Spitfire.
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Nice, the Spitefire are my Fav WW2 planes.
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Happy Rolls-Royce Merlin Engine Noises
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Mk IX I think. I don't know, Britain didn't do a good job of differentiating each model like America did with the P-51 Mustang.
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Ah I see. Here's something interesting for you.
The Spitfire was one of only a few foreign aircraft to see service with the USAAF, equipping four groups in England and the Mediterranean. Spitfires were briefly flown by the US Navy after the Normandy landings to support cruisers and battleships bombarding land targets. Around 600 Spitfires in different version served in the U.S. Army Air Force and Navy.
United States Army Air Forces.
Fighter Groups Edit
Each Fighter group was composed of three squadrons of 16 fighters. Initially USAAF used Mk. V and in August 1943 MTO units received Mk.IX and XVIII planes.
4th Fighter Group. Volunteer pilots of the three Eagle squadrons transferred in September 1942 to USAAF to create this FG. 4th FG fought escorting bombers and dogfighting Luftwaffe fighters over France and the English Channel. In early 1943 it began transition to P-47 Thunderbolts.
334th Fighter Squadron 1941β43. Formerly RAF 71 Squadron.
335th Fighter Squadron 1942β43. Formerly RAF 121 Squadron.
336th Fighter Squadron 1942β43. Formerly RAF 133 Squadron.
31st Fighter Group. Fought in Dieppe, North Africa and Italy. In March 1944 P-51B Mustangs started to replace Spitfire IX.
2d Fighter Squadron
4th Fighter Squadron
5th Fighter Squadron
52d Fighter Group. Fought in North Africa and Italy. It was assigned to protect the allied fleet from air attacks off Anzio beachhead. In April 1944 P-51B Mustangs started to replace Spitfire IX.
307th Fighter Squadron
308th Fighter Squadron
309th Fighter Squadron
Photo Recce Groups Edit
Alongside American-built F-5 Lightning and F-6 Mustang reconnaissance planes some Spitfire PR.XI planes were operated in Europe and the Mediterranean.
7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group.
13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 1943
14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 1943β45
68th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. North Africa and the Mediterranean until mid-1944.
United States Navy
Cruiser Scouting Squadron Seven (VCS-7)[10]
In May 1944 VCS-7 Cruiser Support Squadron trained to fly Spitfire Vbs instead their floatplanes, extremely vulnerable to flak guns and enemy fighters to be found in D-Day. They were based on Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent. VCS-7 flew around 200 sorties with Spitfires, from D-Day landings to the capture of the port of Cherbourg, which made naval fire support no longer needed.
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Interesting.
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That might be something to use for future sprites.
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No problem. Hey, can I ask you something?
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Do you think you could do a DAE sprite of my friend Grantβs trainsona?
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I'm not doing requests at the moment.
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Oh. Than would you ever use my trainsona in one of your art pieces?
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Very unlikely at best.
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You're welcome.
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