Supermarine

Canada 1921 1957

  • Supermarine Spitfire Vb Trop

    Spitfire of the 417 (RCAF) Sqn, Tunisia (May 1943).The Royal Canadian Air Force Lieutenant W H Pentland.Formed at Charmy Down on 27 November 1941 as the RCAF’s 16th – seventh Fighter – squadron formed overseas, the unit was ordered to the Middle East in the spring of 1942. Equipped with Hurricane and, later, Spitfire.