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Spitfire Mk.Vb mid
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Spitfire Mk.Vb mid
1/72
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BL255, Lt. Don S. Gentile, 336
th
FS, 4
th
FG, 8
th
AF, Debden, the United Kingdom, November 1942
No. 133 (Eagle) Squadron formed in July 1941
at RAF airbase Coltishall, was in 1942 the first
American squadron re-equipped with Spitfires
Mk.IX. However, the unit lost its twelve “Nines”
in only three days before Eagle squadron was
transferred under the USAAF command, during
the B-17 escort over Morlaix. After its inclusion
into 8
th
AF USAAF on September 29, 1942,
it continued flying the good old Spitfires Mk.Vb
as it was transformed from No. 133 (Eagle)
Squadron RAF into 336
th
FS, 4th FG. The BL255
Spitfire, nicknamed Buckeye Don, was the
personal aircraft of Don Gentile, the future
most successful fighter pilot of the 8
th
AF with
19 kills, 3 damaged and 6 destroyed on the
ground enemy aircraft. He was credited with two
more kills during Operation Jubilee combats
over Dieppe on August 19, 1942, while he was
still serving with RAF. The same nose art as on
BL255 was later sported on the famous P-51B
Shangri La and it was also incorporated into
334
th
FS insignia.
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