Scramble by Gerald Coulson. SIG909 together with a further 59

together with a further 59 of the type flying from bases in Nicosia and Cyprus under the codename Operation Musketeer

and one is seen getting airborne in typically grey North Sea weather

IV was popular with its crews because it was extremely robust and featured such state of the art developments as onboard radios and electrically-heated flying suits and was an easy aircraft to fly

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Scramble by Gerald Coulson. SIG909 together with a further 59GC189. Scramble by Gerald Coulson. A telephone rings at a typical flight dispersal: a call from Operations sends pilots and ground crew running for aircraft ready fuelled and armed. A mechanic starts the engine of the spitfire in the foreground and it explodes into life, blasting out blue exhaust gases, the slipstream flattening the grass and kicking up dust. A young sergeant pilot with feelings a mixture of fear and excitement, runs for his machine.