<i>Royal Air Force in France, 1939-1940.</i><br>
Three Fairey Battle Mark Is, K9353 HA-J, K9324 HA-B and K9325 HA-D, of No. 218 Squadron RAF, based at Auberives-sur-Suippes, in flight over northern France.  K9325 went missing during an attack on enemy troops near St Vith on 11 May 1940, and K9353 was shot down north of Bouillon the following day.  K9324 survived the Battle of France to serve with the RAAF until 1944.
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112244814" class="extiw" title="d:Q112244814"><span title="press photographer and official photographer of the British Royal Air Force">Stanley Arthur Devon</span></a>
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between 1939 and 1940 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1939-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1940-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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