article_snippet.sent: The fighter plane, dubbed the ballerina because of the ballerina grace in the skies, was being piloted by Flying Officer Peter Cazenove over Dunkirk when it was hit by a single bullet from a German Dornier bomber.
article_snippet.sent: Before it was lost, Spitfire P9374 was at one point almost certainly flown by Squadron Leader Roger Bushell, later 'Big X', who was part of the famous breakout from German prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III.
article_snippet.sent: It had been hit by a single bullet from a German Dornier bomber. 
article_snippet.sent: Captured: This iconic Mark 1 plane was being piloted by Flying Officer Peter Cazenove (right) over Dunkirk when This iconic Mark 1 plane was hit by a single bullet from a German Dornier bomber. 
article_snippet.sent: During Spitfire P9374's service with 92 Squadron it is known to have been flown by at least eight different pilots, and was almost certainly flown by the squadron's commanding officer Squadron Leader Roger Bushell, later 'Big X' of the Great Escape fame.
article_snippet.sent: Records show that P9374 had a total flight time of 32 hours and 5 minutes at the time of P9374 loss.
article_snippet.sent: Experts say the plane offers a unique insight into the skirmishes Allied pilots faced.
article_snippet.sent: Records show that the original Spitfirepictured left and right) had a total flight time of 32 hours and 5 minutes at the time of the original Spitfire loss .
article_snippet.sent: the plane was so feared by Luftwaffe commander Hermann Göring that many Nazi crews claimed to have been shot down by one when many Nazi crews had really been downed by the slower, more numerous, Hurricane.
article_snippet.sent: the plane shot down by a Spitfire was an RAF Hurricane in 1939 in a friendly fire incident known as the Battle of Barking Creek.
article_snippet.sent: During the original Spitfire 's service with 92 Squadron it is known to have been flown by at least eight different pilots, and was almost certainly flown by the squadron's commanding officer Squadron Leader Roger Bushell, later 'Big X' of the Great Escape fame .
highlights_snippet.sent: At one point The wreckage was almost certainly flown by Squadron Leader Roger Bushell, later Big X of the Great Escape fame .
  