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A two-seater Spitfire, used as a trainer plane, at a Northern Irish training station on the 4th of August 1942 with Lieutenant Alvin Vogtle of the 52nd Fighter Group, from Birmingham, Alabama, in the front cockpit. Passed for publication 4 Aug 1942. Printed caption on reverse: 'Photo Shows:- Lieut. Alvin Vogtle, of Birmingham, Alabama, in the front cockpit of a trainer plane ready for the take-off at the training station in Northern Ireland. (85) BOY. Aug 1942. PN.' Censor no: 213865. On reverse: Planet News, US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].

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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection (uploaded May/2023)