20 July - 1940 - Australia's Spitfire Ace

Australia On This Day

Jul 19, 202117:23Society & Culture

REPEAT: 81 years ago today the Battle of Britain was raging. Among those taking on the Nazis in Spitfires was a handful of young Australian pilots on secondment to the RAF. On this day in that desperate time, Brisbane-bo...

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