Dan,you mention the verticle fillet afew posts back and I started looking closer at the different marks.
Could you give me the short version of when the changes were made,oh and when the dihedral was added to the tail?
First was the Mk I that flew as a night fighter and then was used some by the RAF in North Africa and Malta. It had drum fed cannon and no dihedral on the tail. The Merlin Mk II followed but was essentially a bust. The VIF and VIc were next and the dihidral tail was introduced during it's production run to give it better stability. This was mainly for the attack guys in the VIc. The X, TMk X and XI were the next batch. The T Mk X was the Torbeau. Rockets introduced on the X and XI. Some VI apparently had them retrofitted but it was mainly the X. Aussies developed their own, the MK 21 which was essentially the same as the X although it had 50s instead of 303s, although because of the rockets the wing guns were rarely fitted. The fillet for the tail was added in the X production towards the end. to try and increace stability again.
VIF, T Mk. X would be the two that would cover the most as they did the ETO, MTO, CBI and PTO. Mk 21 for the Aussies would be nice but they also had VIs and Xs flying in the PTO with the RAAF and since the 50s were rarely carried, the X could be skinned as a Mk 21 if needed.
