Spitfire Flying Low 02
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Spitfire Flying Low 02
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Weston Westmoreland
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Photograph - Photograph
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Spitfire flying low from the sunset. Narrow panoramic version.
Hugo Armstrong's FY-F BS435 Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX flying with the sun setting behind him.
Hugo "Sinker" Armstrong was born in Perth, Western Australia, in 1916. He joined the RAF in 1940. He was promoted to Squadron Leader in '42 and posted to 611 Squadron as Commanding Officer. At that time, at the age of 26, he was the first Australian to command a RAF Squadron in the UK.
Sinker was credited with 12 kills, all of them whilst flying Spitfires with RAF Squadrons. He was already a WWII Air Ace when he was killed in action on the 5th of February 1943. On that day, he was on a scramble mission with two other Spitfires to intercept an FW 190 raid. They were attacked by eight FW 109s when he was over the English Channel off Boulogne.
Sinker has no known grave and is commemorated on the Runneymede Memorial in Surrey UK, panel 187. He was the son of Percival Willam and Grace Ethel Armstrong of Travancore in Victoria.
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April 6th, 2020
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