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|description = {{en|''Royal Air Force- Malta and the Mediterranean, 1940-1943.''
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| description = {{en|''Royal Air Force- Malta and the Mediterranean, 1940-1943.''
Operation PICKET I: Supermarine Spitfire Mark VB(T), BP844, the first of a further nine Spitfires to reinforce the RAF on Malta, taking off from the flight deck of HMS EAGLE with Squadron Leader E J "Jumbo" Gracie at the controls. Behind him, the other aircraft await their turn. These Spitfires, equipped with 90-gallon ferry drop tanks, flew to Ta Kali to re-equip No. 126 Squadron RAF, which Gracie was to command. BP844 was shot down over Malta, with the loss of its pilot, on 2 April 1942.}}
Operation PICKET I: Supermarine Spitfire Mark VB(T), BP844, the first of a further nine Spitfires to reinforce the RAF on Malta, taking off from the flight deck of HMS EAGLE with Squadron Leader E J "Jumbo" Gracie at the controls. Behind him, the other aircraft await their turn. These Spitfires, equipped with 90-gallon ferry drop tanks, flew to Ta Kali to re-equip No. 126 Squadron RAF, which Gracie was to command. BP844 was shot down over Malta, with the loss of its pilot, on 2 April 1942.}}
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|author = Marshall, J G (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer
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| author = Marshall, J G (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer
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|date = 1940
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| date = 1940
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|source = http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//29/media-29431/large.jpg
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| catalogue_number = A 9583
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* Catalogue number [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205185757 A 9583]
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| database_number = 205185757
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* Database number 205185757
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| source = http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//29/media-29431/large.jpg
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| permission = This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/privacy-copyright/licence IWM Non Commercial Licence]. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.
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|permission = This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/privacy-copyright/licence IWM Non Commercial Licence]. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.
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|other_fields = {{Information field|name=Part of|value=Admiralty Official Collection}}
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* Associated history pages
* Associated history pages
*: Malta Convoys, The Royal Navy and the North Africa Campaign
*: Malta Convoys, The Royal Navy and the North Africa Campaign
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*: Malta 1939-1945
*: Malta 1939-1945
* Associated keywords
* Associated keywords
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*: Aerial Warfare, Operations, Supply}}
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*: Aerial Warfare, Operations, Supply
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| part_of = Admiralty Official Collection
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| category = photographs
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