A Conversation for The Supermarine Spitfire
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BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows Started conversation Aug 2, 2006
Apparently, the surviving crews of German a/c shot down over England almost invariably claimed to have been shot down by a Spitfire. Apparently this was due to the prestige value of having been shot down by the very best machins the RAF could put into the air. 
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