Spitfire Mk IXc (MK984) coded ZF-R of No 308 (Polish) Sqn
Spitfire LF.IX MK984 ZF-R "Lala" No.308 (Polish) Squadron ‘City of Cracow’, St Denis Westrem (Belgium), autumn 1944. This Spitfire was delivered from CBAF to an ASU (no.33 MU) in early May 1944, and thence by mid-June to no.308, becoming the porsonal mount of unit OC, was duly coded 'R for Retinger' MK984 was used in 308 until the end of 1944, and was destroyed on the ground in the New Year's Day attack of the Luftwaffe.