ROYAL AIR FORCE: 2ND TACTICAL AIR FORCE, 1943-1945. - Supermarine Spitfire Mark IXs of No. 453 Squadron RAAF, are started up at Ford, Sussex for a sortie over Normandy. Both aircraft are carrying 44-gallon long-range fuel tanks under the fuselage to extend the their range over the continent. Behind them can be seen a De Havilland Mosquito NF Mark XVII of No. 456 Squadron RAAF, also based at Ford in order to provide night defence over southern England Royal Australian Air Force, 453 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, 456 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Maintenance Unit, 201

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