RM2X0PK5W–ROYAL AIR FORCE: MALTA AND THE MEDITERRANEAN, 1940-1943. - Operation PICKET I: Supermarine Spitfire Mark VB(T), BP844, the first of a further nine Spitfires to reinforce the RAF on Malta, taking off from the flight deck of HMS EAGLE with Squadron Leader E J 'Jumbo' Gracie at the controls. Behind him, the other aircraft await their turn. These Spitfires, equipped with 90-gallon ferry drop tanks, flew to Ta Kali to re-equip No. 126 Squadron RAF, which Gracie was to command. BP844 was shot down over Malta, with the loss of its pilot, on 2 April 1942 Royal Navy, EAGLE (HMS), Royal Air Force, Royal
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