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Tuesday, September 29, 2009 | posted by Spitfire Site Editor | permalink

Without further delay, here's the update for today. It contains two very welcome additions to our steadily growing gallery of Camouflage & Markings:

The Very High-Flying Prince is a story of the record high-altitude fighter of the war and the extraordinary pilot who flew it. By Martin Waligorski.
Nils Mathisrud presents Spitfire Mk. V - The Norwegians, a pair of colourful Spitfire Mk. V markings presented here courtesy of Vingtor Decals.

Enjoy.

posted by magnusf on 30-Sep-2009 19:22:00 | permalink: Further reading about Emanuel Galitzine can be found here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1418277/Prince-Emanuel-Galitzine.html Looks like he had a long and happy life after his wartime career!
posted by Spitfire Site Editor on 01-Oct-2009 15:21:00 | permalink: IMHO an extraordinary personality. If his radio procedures in Russian caused some concern for the Germans, it must have been greater on the side of Britiosh gorund control!