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Spitfires camera gun film shows tracer ammunition

Spitfires camera gun film shows tracer ammunition — Unknown

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

Photograph by No. 609 Squadron RAF