Australian Spitfire pilots share memories of flying combat in WWII on the each of 75-year second World War anniversary

By Scott Bevan
Updated April 15 2021 - 12:09am, first published August 15 2020 - 7:30am
World War Two Spitfire pilot Clem Jones, with his flying log book, which he decorated with a drawing of the Royal Australian Air Force insignia. Picture: Jonathan Carroll
World War Two Spitfire pilot Clem Jones, with his flying log book, which he decorated with a drawing of the Royal Australian Air Force insignia. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

On a May day in 1944, Spitfire pilot Charles "Clem" Jones was pushing both himself and his machine to the limit, as he chased a couple of German fighter planes high above the Italian coastline.

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