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"Evening Victory"

Monday, November 23, 2009   |   posted by Spitfire Site Editor   |   permalink


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On 16th June 1942, white section of No. 310 Czechoslovak Fighter Squadron RAF with F/Sgt K. Mlejnecky, Sgt K. Janata, F/Sgt L. Srom and Sgt J.Chlup, conducting a convoy partol, intercepted the enemy Junkers Ju-88 (4U+?L) from 3. Staffel/Aufklärungsgruppe 123 in the last hour of daylight (around 10:30 pm double Summer time) near Bridport, Dorset.

"NN-D" was the aircraft of Sgt Janata. The moment has been captured in this new painting by Vladimir Urbanek.

Oil on canvas. The artist's website is available at http://www.multiweb.cz/czfighters/
[Vladimir Urbanek, used by permission of the artist]

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