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Old 28th Jul 2006, 11:41
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The geographical connection to colonies (as was) was often (always?) because they had "sponsored" an aircraft in the days when you could buy a Spitfire for about £25K. Certainly that was the case for No 72 (Basutoland) Sqn.......
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