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    Spitfire info requested

    Thank you for the update!
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    Spitfire info requested

    I'm looking at the "crash" report. It appears it was engine failure and not enemy fire, correct??
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    Spitfire info requested

    Good morning, and again, thank you for all of the information! The father was missing a thumb from the crash. The date of birth is wrong, he was born July 31, 1922.
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    Spitfire info requested

    Greetings, can you verify he was shot down please. Daughter does not think so..Also, any pics??
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    Spitfire info requested

    Ok, checked with his daughter and was granted permission to list personal info...Pilot's name was Phillip Parker. He was testing an aircraft and crashed in Malta late 1943 or early 1944. He moved to Mesa Arizona and was an instructor at Thunderbird Field which I think is now Falcon Field. His...
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    Spitfire info requested

    Hi, first, thanks for the info...I will ask regarding the log books.. She may also have a pic of him standing along side with a tail number....
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    Spitfire info requested

    Hi, I'm on a search for a friend. Her dad flew Spitfires during the war (English) then moved to Arizona after a crash and taught students to fly (I believe Spitfires) until retirement. I'm hoping to find someone with a Spitfire in the northwest (we are in Oregon) that perhaps she could see...
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