IWM caption : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" class="extiw" title="en:Supermarine Spitfire">Spitfire Mark VB(T)</a>, AB324, of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._145_Squadron_RAF" class="extiw" title="en:No. 145 Squadron RAF">No. 145 Squadron RAF</a>, on a landing ground in the Western Desert. Following RAF service with Nos. 145, 92, 335 and 94 Squadrons, and with the Desert Air Force Communication Unit, AB324 was handed over to the Czech Air Force in 1946.
Royal Air Force official photographer
between circa 1942 and circa 1943 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1942-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1942-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1943-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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<td>This photograph <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search?query=ME%28RAF%29+4397">ME(RAF) 4397</a> comes from the collections of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/">Imperial War Museums</a>.
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