Spitfire Mk IX 'RF*K'(EN185) with N303 (Polish) Squadron in early Spring 1944......
 
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History of the RAF 303rd. (Polish) Squadron

No 303 (Kosciusko) Squadron 

Formed at Northolt on 2 August 1940 from Polish personnel who had managed to escape from Nazi occupied Europe, 
it was equipped with Hurricanes.  It was soon in the thick of the fighting during 
the Battle of Britain and remained so until moving north to Leconfield in October.

In January 1941 the squadron returned to Northolt and re-equipped with Spitfires.  
It alternated between offensive operations in the South and defensive duties in the North and 
Midlands until November 1943 when it moved to Northern Ireland, 
to protect shipping in the Irish Sea ending for the Clyde.

The squadron was transferred to the 2nd Tactical Air Force in April 1944, 
carrying out armed reconnaissance missions and escorting bomber sorties in preparation 
for the forthcoming invasion.  Unlike other 2 TAF units it never re-located to the continent, 
continuing to operate from the UK.  In April 1945 its Spitfires were replaced by Mustangs, 
but the end of the war only permitted two operations to be carried out with these.  
The squadron moved to Scotland in November 1945 remaining there until disbanding on 11 December 1946.


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This skin is an indulgance of mine and is purely fictional.
The Squadron codes are correct of the 303rd. as is the Polish Insignia markings.
This skin can be used for Emil's 9thUSAAF/2TAF Campaign if you so desire.... 

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Skin was developed from Nico's Spitfire 'PK*K' which in turn was
based on the HR skin by DeanH and the HR 3Dz an wings by Col. Gibbon.
As usual I've tweaked some, but not all, of this skin's detailing...... 

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