This new Spitfire are delivered to the fresh COGEA feet in the Middlekerke, Ostend, in which it absolutely was registered OO-ARD, and very quickly registered solution
For the reason for the movie a large Mix of Lorraine emblem was used to the aircraft to help you portray the 100 % free French squadron
Inside the June 1956 MH415 are marketed to a great Belgian team, COGEA (Compagnie Gnrale dExploitation Aronautique), which had a goal-pulling package for the Belgian and you will NATO pushes. COGEA got in the past manage various white aircraft pulling ads and you will equivalent, but once the fresh new armed forces target towing offer came up, the latest Percival Proctors these people were having fun with didn’t have the brand new show requisite. (далее…)