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HMS Eagle launched 29 Spitfire...

history · 21 July 1942 · 83 years ago

HMS Eagle launched 29 Spitfire fighters and 4 Swordfish torpedo bombers for Malta in Operation Inspect; 1 Spitfire fighter would be lost en route from a leaky fuel tank. 

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