Spitfire crash
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From: Too close to Croydon for comfort
This picture of SM845 shows the armoured plating in place post restoration and I would be surprised if it had been subsequently removed. The severity of the damage to the fin suggests to me that the force of the impact sank the armored plate into the earth.
So sad.
So sad.
Joined: Sep 2009
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From: N.YORKSHIRE
Tynset from the air. Tynset Flyklubb - Banerenovering
