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| Keywords: Spitfire Vb of VCS-7 during Normandy invasion 1944.jpg U S Navy Lieutenant Robert F Doyle USNR shakes hands with his wingman Ensign John F Mudge USNR after their return from a gunfire-spotting and strafing mission over the German lines during the Normandy Invasion in June 1944 in which they broke up an enemy armored column moving toward the Normandy front <br> Both officers were pilots of U S Navy Cruiser Scouting Squadron Seven VCS-7 which switched from their usual Curtiss SOC Seagull biplane floatplanes to British Supermarine Spitfire Vb fighters during the Normandy operation Official U S Navy photograph http //www history navy mil/photos/images/g300000/g302124c htm 80-G-302124 now in the collections of the U S National Archives 1944-06 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Supermarine Spitfire Mark V United States naval aviators June 1944 in the Battle of Normandy World War II forces of the United States in the United Kingdom | ||||
