Very nice everyone. I am currently reading Portrait of a Legend Spitfire by Leo McKinstry. Published in 2007 by John Murray it has been a fascinating read to this point. I am only a couple of chapters in and I have learned a ton about the development and political wrangling that nearly killed off, what I hold out to be, the best single seat fighting aircraft ever built.
Its a good book, Jeff, the same author's done one on the Hurricane and Lancaster, both compelling stories. Another good Spitfire read is Spitfire a test pilot's story by Jeffrey Quill, worth looking out for, that is, if you haven't read it already.
Stills from camera gun footage taken from a Spitfire Mark V flown by Sergeant M Liskutin of No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF, as he shot down a Dornier Do 217 over the English Channel, while on patrol over a convoy of returning vessels from the Dieppe raid.