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EDITORIAL
Flight Journal • JULY/AUGUST 2026 | VOLUME 33, NO. 4
SCREWY LOOIE • Confessions of a Lightning driver
NORWEGIAN SPITFIRE • Battles above the Channel and beyond
Spitfire Mk IX RR232
Norwegian Spitfire Foundation
DEATH AT DAYBREAK • A Kiwi goes to war in a Hawker Tempest
FLYING THE HAWKER TEMPEST
NIGHT of the WEASELS • First in, Last Out—Phantoms Over Baghdad
THE OFFICE
WILD WEASELS • Perfecting the Breed
MiG ALLEY MISSION • Navy, Marines and Air Force coordinate to strike the Sui-ho powerplant
SOME CORSAIR VARIANTS
CORSAIR LOSSES IN KOREA
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PARTING SHOT