File:RAF pilots with Beaufighter and Spitfire at Malta 1943.jpg

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English: Five Malta-based pilots sitting in front of two fighter aircraft at Luqa. Third and fourth from the left, respectively are, Wing Commander J.K. Buchanan, Commanding Officer of No. 272 Squadron RAF, and Wing Commander M.M. Stephens, leader of the Hal Far Fighter Wing, shortly before the end of his tour of operations. Behind them is Wing Commander P.P. Hanks' Supermarine Spitfire Mark VC, BR498 'PP-H', which he flew as leader of the Luqa Fighter Wing, parked in front of a Bristol Beaufighter of No. 272 Squadron RAF.
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This photograph [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205127167 CM 4724] comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author Royal Air Force official photographer
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