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DSO - Nearly an Ace in a Day by Ivan Berryman
Supermarine Spitfire prototype K5054 is seen taking to the air for a test flight in June 1936 from Eastleigh Airport in Southampton
Text by Paul Scarron-Jones
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A Moment of Triumph by Gerald Coulson. (B) SIG1339 DSO - Nearly an AceDHM2510B. A Moment of Triumph by Gerald Coulson. On the afternoon of Sunday, 13th September 1931, Flt. Lt J N Bootham, RAF, in a Southampton built S6B seaplane, tore through the skies over the Solent to average 340. 08mph round a 217 mile course. This fly over was sufficient for Great Britain to gain the Schneider Trophy outright since it meant that the event had been won on three consecutive occasions. That it nearly didn't happen is part of the