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Description A still from camera gun film shows tracer ammunition from a Supermarine Spitfire Mark I of No. 609 Squadron RAF, flown by Flight Lieutenant J H G McArthur, hitting a Heinkel He 111 on its starboard quarter. These aircraft were part of a large formation from KG 53 and KG 55 which attacked the Bristol Aeroplane Company's works at Filton, Bristol, just before midday on 25 September 1940. No. 609 Squadron were based at Middle Wallop, Hampshire.
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Image of the exterior main entrance to the Imperial War Museum in London. This photograph CH 1823 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums
(collection no. 4700-16) 		Flag of the United Kingdom.
Author No. 609 Squadron RAF
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