File:Spitfires camera gun film shows tracer ammunition.jpg

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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.

Date

25 September 1940

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This is photograph CH 1823 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-16)

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No. 609 Squadron RAF

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