Supermarine_Spitfire_Mark_Vs_assembled_by_the_Special_Erection_Party_in_Gibraltar_for_Operation_Torch,_1942.jpg
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Description Supermarine Spitfire Mark Vs assembled by the Special Erection Party in Gibraltar for Operation Torch, 1942.jpg |
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Supermarine Spitfire
Mark Vs assembled by the Special Erection Party for
Operation TORCH
, undergoing initial engine tests at North Front,
Gibraltar
. The Special Erection Party was established at Gibraltar in July 1942 to assemble and test fly aircraft crated from Britain by sea for the reinforcement of Malta. On 28 October 1942 an unexpected shipment of 116 Spitfires and 13 Hawker Hurricanes arrived to be prepared for the Allied landings in North Africa (Operation TORCH) and a further shipment was received a few days later. Despite shortages of personnel, the SEP, assisted by soldiers of the Malta Brigade, assembled, test-flew and cannon-tested all the aircraft in time for the commencement of the Operation (8 November)."
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Author | Dallison G W (Lt), No. 1 AFPS, Army Film and Photographic Unit, War Office official photographer |
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