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A line of Supermarine Spitfire Mark VBs of No. 131 Squadron RAF, being prepared for a sweep at Merston, a satellite airfield of Tangmere, Sussex.
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Pilots of No 65 Squadron RAF gather round the Squadron Intelligence Officer in front of Supermarine Spitfire Mark IIA, P7856 'YT-O', at Tangmere, Sussex, to give details of the sortie they have just completed.
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Hawker Typhoon Mark IB, JP853 ‘SA-K’, of No. 486 Squadron RNZAF based at Tangmere, Sussex, in flight.
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Two Hawker Hurricane Mark IIs of No 43 Squadron RAF make a low level pass over other aircraft of the Squadron, lined up at Tangmere, Sussex.
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No 1 Squadron's CO, Squadron Leader James MacLachlan, in the cockpit of his Hurricane IIC at Tangmere, 20 November 1941