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The first FR.XVIII for the RAF, SM844, was issued on 28 May, 1945, and assigned to 28 Squadron in Hong Kong. The unit operated there from Sek Kong and Kai Tak. SM845 represents one of the unit's Spitfires. Pilot is former BBMF boss S/L Ian Smith.