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Me 109 going down on fire pilot baling out

Luftwaffe ace Helmut Wick shot down over Poole Bay

I learnt two things making this image: a deadly encounter between German and British fighter aircraft in late 1940; and the unusual cockpit canopy jettison mechanism on the Messerschmitt Bf 109.

Polish ‘boxing bulldog’ Spitfire TD240

The new paint scheme for the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfire TE311 features a Polish boxing bulldog nose art: one of several similar emblems.