#Adolph Gysbert Malan

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Group Captain Adolph Gysbert "Sailor" Malan in the Spitfire Mk IX (FY-F) of Australian Squadron Leader Hugo 'Sinker' Armstrong, CO of 611 Squadron RAF at Biggin Hill on the 2nd January 1943. Armstrong was shot down and killed in this Spitfire a month later, on 5th February. He was 'bounced' by eight Fw 190s of 5/JG26 over Boulogne.

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Advice from the Spitfire ace Adolph Gysbert “Sailor” Malan, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar (more about him here).

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Adolph Gysbert 'Sailor' Malan, leads the Biggin Hill Wing Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vs. of 74, 92 and 609 squadrons

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Adolph Gysbert Malan, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar (24 March 1910 – 17 September 1963) was a South African World War 2 fighter pilot and flying ace in the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain.