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Spitfires in France before Dunkirk

posted 10 years ago by jloper
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I haven't seen this yet, but wondered, is it explained what Spitfires are doing in France before Dunkirk?

[–] scott-269-715736 10 years ago

Apparently there were four squadrons flying Hurricanes stationed in France and no Spitfire squadrons. In the book Hornet Squadron did fly Hurricanes but for the show it was a lack of airworthy Hurricanes that made the mini-series use Spitfires.

Limited by availability of aircraft the series was also forced to use later models of the Spitfire instead of the Mark 1 or Mark 1A available during 1939-40.

[–] jloper 10 years ago

Thanks!

[–] BobORiley111 8 years ago

Creative license as there were no flyable Hurricanes available for the series.