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The Battle of Britain’s Best – Spitfire and Hurricane vs. Bf 109

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Fighter pilots live, work, fly and fight in an extremely competitive environment. Winning or losing may well mean the difference between life and death in the fast-moving and lethal business of aerial combat. For sheer survival, fighter pilots want—indeed need—to be the best, and they want to be flying the best. Hawker Hurricane Mk II LF363 (foreground) and Supermarine Spitfire IIa P7350 of the Royal Air Force Battle of BritainMemorial Flight...

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