This is a painting of a Spitfire Mk9 of 274 Squadron, flown by Jack Aldred, (born Bramfield, Suffolk, 1924, died 2004). Jack flew over 100 operational hours on Spitfires, but his luck ran out on ...

While the MK 9 Spitfire ML295 was severely damaged, but Kramer survived after being hidden in a cottage by the French ...