65 Squadron received its Spitfires equipped with de Havilland three-blade two-pitch propellers in March 1939. Their Spitfires are being repositioned at Hornchurch during the summer of 1939. The squadron code on their fuselages changed from “FZ” to “YT” at the outbreak of World War II to confuse German intelligence.

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