WWII fighter plane damaged in Deer Park crash

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Fri., July 7, 2023

Historic Flight Foundation Chairman John Sessions watches the Supermarine Spitfire fighter being towed after a troubled landing, Friday, July 7, 2023 at the Deer Park Airport. He was uninjured. The Spitfires were used by the British and had a decisive advantage fighting the German Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain.

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A World War II-era Supermarine Spitfire fighter is towed to a hangar after a hard landing at the Deer Park Airport, Friday morning, July 7, 2023. Historic Flight Foundation Chairman John Sessions was piloting the plane during the troubled landing. He was uninjured. The Spitfires were used by the British and had a decisive advantage fighting the German Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain.

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Historic Flight Foundation Chairman John Sessions walks beside the towed Supermarine Spitfire fighter after a troubled landing, Friday, July 7, 2023 at the Deer Park Airport. He was uninjured. The Spitfires were used by the British and had a decisive advantage fighting the German Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain.

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A World War II era Supermarine Spitfire fighter is towed to a hanger after a hard landing at the Deer Park Airport, Friday morning, July 7, 2023. Historic Flight Foundation Chairman John Sessions was piloting the plane during the troubled landing. He was uninjured. The Spitfires were used by the British and had a decisive advantage fighting the German Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain.

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The propellers on a Supermarine Spitfire with a Rolls-Royce engine are broken off after a hard landing, Friday, July 7, 203, at the Deer Park Airport. Pilot John Sessions was unhurt.

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