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Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. Flight-Lieutenant J R Sterne RCAF of No. 174 Squadron RAF standing beside his Hawker Hurricane Mark IIB, HV894 'Our John' (named after Wing Commander John Gillan, and paid for by a fund set up by his mother after he was reported missing in 1941), at Odiham, Hampshire. Image details File size:
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