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Old 28-11-13, 03:25
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Default Fantastic story on U tube.... "Spitfire 944"

real live footage....about 11 minutes......

Enjoy

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http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=ie3SrjLlcUY&sns=em
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Old 28-11-13, 05:52
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Default No Guns! Lots of Guts!

Good find Bob. I liked how fast he clued in when he watched the footage for the first time. I hope more of these treasures make it to modern media.
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Old 28-11-13, 19:56
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Thanks for that Bob. My hats off to those guys for lighting up the face of a vet!

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BTW you are aware it was a Canadian who actually designed the spitfire's unique semi-elliptical wings....? Beverley Shenstone,
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Great story, great documentary!

Here's a better Youtube + Wikipedia link:

http://youtu.be/ie3SrjLlcUY

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spitfire_944

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