Battle of Britain Spitfire X4110 - White Background
by Craig Tinder
Title
Battle of Britain Spitfire X4110 - White Background
Artist
Craig Tinder
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Painting - Illustration
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Spitfire MK I - Battle of Britain Print
Flt. Lt. Dunlop Urie
In defense of the West Sussex airfields during the Battle of Britain, Flt. Lt. Dunlop Urie scrambled members of 602 Squadron against German interceptors. As the air raid bell rang, Dunlop Urie took off in a brand-new Spitfire "X4110″ that had just been armed for the first time. Against terrible odds, Urie broke into a formation of Messerschmitt Bf-109s and attacked four of them. Ammunition finally ran out and Urie broke off from the melee to return to base.
Upon heading home, he noticed what he thought was a friendly following him back until muzzle flashes erupted from the nose. This follower was clearly a German Messerschmitt Bf-109 and by the time Urie realized what had happened, his Spitfire took multiple hits around the wing root and fuselage with rounds embedding in both of Urie's feet. Expecting Urie to plummet, the German Messerschmitt broke off the attack. Urie was able to limp back to Westhampnett and amazingly, landed the badly damaged Spitfire.
In just 25 minutes, Spitfire "X4110′s" service life was over and the aircraft was written off the register. Flt. Lt. Dunlop Urie would later recover from his wounds and became a Wing Commander before the end of the war.
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November 16th, 2013
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