#ixt

SPITFIRE MK IXT NH341 ‘ELIZABETH’ by Richard Bryant Via Flickr: Image taken on Monday 31st May at Headcorn airfield and edited in Lightroom. A fabulous airfield which is very welcoming, offering lovely views with a couple of nice cafes. Spitfire NH341 was built at Castle Bromwich as a Spitfire Low Level Fighter (LFIXE) and delivered to 8 MU on the 28th April 1944. It was sent to Miles Aircraft for modifications to be fitted before delivery to 411 (Grizzly Bear) squadron RCAF on 12th June 1944. This was the only squadron NH341 served with and was flown by 9 pilots. The most notable use of NH341 was in the hands of Flt Lt Hugh Charles Trainor who gained his third kill in 48 hours on 29th June 1944 when he downed an ME109 five miles West of Caen whilst flying her. Flt Lt Trainor destroyed another ME109 on the evening of 30th June 1944 over Thury Hurcourt, again in NH341. Flt Lt Trainor gained ace status later flying another Spitfire when he destroyed two more ME109s in a single flight on the 4th July, this was after NH341 had been lost on the 2nd July whilst being flown by W/O J S Jeffrey who escaped unscathed after tangling with FW190s South East of Caen. #relentlesspursuit

phone on 6% and i need to pee but my elderly cat is snuggled under the covers with me and purring up a storm.

had a dream i met anthony green and he asked to film a story for my instagram (?) so i recorded him looking dead into the camera and saying “i am NOT a tory” (???)

recently found a notebook where i wrote a lot of obsessively introspective diary entries randomly written throughout 2021 & 2022 (years following the uhh brain injury so 1. my mental state in 2021 is Not Good, and 2. memory from this time is Swiss Cheese). lots going on in here and some of it is brand new information to me