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Royal Air Force Captured Messerschmitt Me 410A-3 TF209

Royal Air Force Captured Messerschmitt Me 410A-3 TF209 (Werk Nr. 10259) (Luftwaffe F6-OK formerly of 2(F)/122). Captured intact at Monte Corvino in Italy F6-OK arrived at the Royal Aircraft Establishment on 14 April 1944 and was allotted the serial TF209. TF209 was damaged in a crash-landing at the Aircraft & Armament Experimental Establishment Boscombe Down on 5 June 1944. Once repaired, it was delivered to the Fighter Interception Unit at RAF Wittering where it continued to fly until placed in store at 6 MU RAF Brize Norton on 21 March 1946. Date: 1944

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Fiat CR-42 Falco

A Captured Italian Air Force Fiat Cr-42 Falco in RAF Livery Flying Enroute As Flown by Test-Pilot Captain Eric Melrose Winkle Brown, Cbe, Dsc, Afc, Fraes, Rn (Born 21 January 1919) Former Royal-Navy Officer. This Aircraft is Now Preserved in the RAF Museum in London As Mm5701 13-95 Date: 1941

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Reggiane Re2005 Sagittario -first flown in May 1942

Reggiane Re2005 Sagittario -first flown in May 1942, only 51 examples of this potent fighter had been built when Italy withdrew from the war in September 1943

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