Spitfire Birth of a Legend (PBS America)

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By: jont122 - 19th January 2018 at 14:03

Hello

Have been watching Spitfire birth of a legend on PBS America. Noticed they have used a lot of the out-taken from the 1968 Battle of Britain Film. Notice this clip with EQ squadron codes?

Has anyone else noticed this

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By: Flying_Pencil - 19th January 2018 at 14:52 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

did not even hear about this program!
Looking for it naowww

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By: scotavia - 19th January 2018 at 18:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

http://www.daveswarbirds.com/bob/book/book6.htm
breakdown of codes and idents where known..

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By: DazDaMan - 19th January 2018 at 21:56 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Lots of lovely stock footage!

The EQ codes pop up in First Light for a brief shot of a squadron scramble.

The Spitfire in the picture looks like it's one of the Mark Addie conversions, but no idea which one. The codes and serials were changed on a daily basis!