PUBLISHED: May 27, 2015
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On 27 May 1940 RAF 74 'Tiger' Squadron took part in Operation Dynamo over Dunkirk.
Fighter pilot John Connell Freeborn is credited with one confirmed, and one probable, Messerschmitt Bf109.
Here, in 75-year-old gun camera footage from Freeborn's Spitfire, that aerial dogfight is captured.
More on John Connell Freeborn: http://www.thefreeborntimes.com/john-connell-freeborn
Follow Freeborn's WWII exploits via this Twitter tribute: https://twitter.com/johncfreeborn
Footage © Imperial War Museum