New-Zealander pilots on the Spitfire Mk V

Spitfire Mk Vb, AB870, flown by S/L Marcus W. B. Knight of No 485 (NZ) Squadron, August-September 1941.
Spitfire Mk Vb, AB870, flown by S/L Marcus W. B. Knight of No 485 (NZ) Squadron, August-September 1941.

Spitfire Mk Vb, BM233, flown by F/O David J. V. Henry, of No 485 (NZ) Squadron, 1942.
Spitfire Mk Vb, BM233, flown by F/O David J. V. Henry, of No 485 (NZ) Squadron, 1942.

Spitfire Mk Vb, BM316, flown by G/C Richard L. R. Atcherley, Officer Commanding the Kenley Wing, summer 1942.
Spitfire Mk Vb, BM316, flown by G/C Richard L. R. Atcherley, Officer Commanding the Kenley Wing, summer 1942.

Spitfire Mk Vc, AB509, flown by W/C John M. Checketts, Officer Commanding No 142 Wing, May-June 1944.
Spitfire Mk Vc, AB509, flown by W/C John M. Checketts, Officer Commanding No 142 Wing, May-June 1944.

These profiles are part of a set created for the book Squadrons ! No.31: The Supermarine Spitfire Mk V – The New Zealanders by Phil H. Listemann.

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