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  2. Supermarine Spitfire - Wikipedia

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    The final cost of the first 310 aircraft, ... The last non-operational flight of a Spitfire in RAF service, which took place on 9 June 1957, was by a PR Mk 19, ...

  3. Supermarine Spitfire (late Merlin-powered variants) - Wikipedia

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    Spitfire LF Mk IX MH434 of Duxford's Old Flying Machine Company.. The British Supermarine Spitfire was facing several challenges by mid-1942. The debut of the formidable Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in late 1941 had caused problems for RAF fighter squadrons flying the latest Spitfire Mk Vb. [2]

  4. Supermarine Spitfire operational history - Wikipedia

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    From then on, Italian Spitfire missions included escorting transport aircraft, reconnaissance flights and ground attacks. By 31 December 1944 there were 17 Spitfires Vs on charge (a total of 40 Mk Vs were eventually acquired).

  5. Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin-powered variants) - Wikipedia

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    A 60-gallon "slipper" type drop tank was mounted under the centre section and the top surfaces have been painted blue or blue/gray to help camouflage the Spitfire during the long flight across the Mediterranean. The first Spitfire modified to carry bombs was a Malta-based Vc, EP201, which was able to carry one 250 lb (110 kg) bomb under each wing.

  6. Barrie Heath - Wikipedia

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    The cost of a Spitfire was set by the government at £5,000, a very large sum at the time, although the real cost of manufacturing the aircraft was more than £10,000. By way of honouring the donation, the aircraft was permitted to bear the name of the donor himself, or any other name they chose.

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    A similar contracted charter deportation flight from El Paso costs taxpayers roughly $1,169 per person to Guatemala. The calculation is based on only 80 people on a removal flight, though charters ...

  9. US military deportation flight likely cost more than ... - AOL

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    That is more than five times the $853 cost of a one-way first class ticket on American Airlines from El Paso, Texas, the departure point for the flight, according to a review of publicly available ...