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The first RAF Repair and Salvage Unit was working operationally within three days of
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The first RAF Repair and Salvage Unit was working operationally within three days of
The first RAF Repair and Salvage Unit was working operationally within three days of landing on the shores of Normandy, Northern France.
The unit if composed of RAF and Royal Canadian Air Force mechanics and is attached to a Canadian airfield.
Their job is to repair aircraft shot up by the enemy or damaged on landing. Within one and a half days of
commencing work, the unit was able to return to a Spitfire squadron, ready for operational flying, five aircraft which had been damaged.
Photo shows: Men of the RAF Repair and Salvage Unite servicing a Spitfire plane.
June 1944
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Allied Invasion Of Northern France Battle Of Normandy D Day Landings Maintenance Operation Overlord Plane Repairs Royal Air Force
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