User talk:A Alloway

Supermarine Spitfire - Operators
I believe that there is an incorrect entry in the list of operators - New Zealand never operated Spitfires. There were so called New Zealand squadrons in the RAF in which some New Zealand born service people served (but these were not exclusively manned by New Zealanders). They were RAF squadrons operating RAF aircraft under RAF command. The RNZAF never flew Spitfires. During WWII the RNZAF operated 23 Brewster Buffalos, 301 Curtis P40's, 30 Mustangs and 424 Vought F4U Corsairs. It did have 4 Hurricanes on it's books at some stage. The RNZAF was given a spitfire by the UK which was used as an instructional airframe. A Alloway (talk) 06:55, 16 March 2017 (UTC)