Dan, need your expertise

[Guppy35]

Originally posted by Kev367th
Good news Dan -

I emailed the SAAF Museum, they are going to send me details on the "Evelyn" and noseart!!!

Very cool Kev.

Interesting to note that the restored bird is the only surviving Spit that can trace it's history back to a USAAF unit.

[Guppy35]

Originally posted by Blixen
russian clipped spits
27 GIAP (corpss hunter regiments), Russia July 1944 .........  Pilot: Alexander Karpov

Also the British Spitfire became in different variants at the Soviet Union

Delivered.  These marks CROSS in the depth flyer execution with the shortened Tragflächen-

end was flown of major Karpov for the summer '44, after he over

Leningrad in a Yak-1 shot down became.  It erziehlte of altogether 30 launchings.  

The Mk CROSS was armed with 2x20mm canon and 2x12,7mm MG's IT.  Driven

this version became of a roll Royce Merlin 61

Good stuff Blix

There is a Spit IX that the Fighter Collection has that was recovered from a crash site in Russia where it had been downed.  It will be restored to flight eventually.  They definately saw combat with the Soviets.

[Kev367th]

Got 1st pic today (more to follow).
Allowed me to get the "Evelyn" done, still not happy with the noseart.