Why RAF Pilots Started Painting Their Spitfires Pink — The Bizarre Camouflage That Worked

Why RAF Pilots Started Painting Their Spitfires Pink — The Bizarre Camouflage That Worked
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The reconnaissance Spitfire banked hard over the channel just as the first streaks of dawn broke the horizon. Flight Lieutenant Tony Hill squinted through his canopy, searching for the telltale silhouette of a messmitt that had been shadowing him since he crossed into French airspace. Nothing. The German fighter had simply lost him in the halflight... Read More
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