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Offline Guppy35

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Lets play identify the Spitfire!
« on: May 11, 2009, 11:23:03 PM »
For the evil Spit 16 crowd.  Just to clarify the point.  Can you ID what types of Spits these are? 

















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Re: Lets play identify the Spitfire!
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2009, 11:37:48 PM »
beats me, but I want to know how many perkies i have to pay for the beer keg load option in pic #2.
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Re: Lets play identify the Spitfire!
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2009, 12:12:25 AM »
Number 3 is a Spit 14......the 5 bladed prop is a good giveaway.

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Re: Lets play identify the Spitfire!
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2009, 12:15:16 AM »
No. 2 is delivering beer to the front!!

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Re: Lets play identify the Spitfire!
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2009, 12:18:31 AM »
Are they all MK16s?
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Re: Lets play identify the Spitfire!
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2009, 12:19:40 AM »
2nd and 6th look like MkXIII, high altitude wings, the clipped or a little harder because from MK V on up could have the clipped wings. the color picture is probably a MK XVI
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Re: Lets play identify the Spitfire!
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2009, 12:23:56 AM »
they are all very unusual because they are alone
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Re: Lets play identify the Spitfire!
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2009, 12:24:01 AM »
2nd one is a mkIX flown by johnnie johnson

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Re: Lets play identify the Spitfire!
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2009, 01:11:37 AM »
There are 2 16s in the mix.  So far no one has ID'd one.  Johnnie Johnson's bird is not one pictured.  There is no XIV in the pictures either.
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Re: Lets play identify the Spitfire!
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2009, 01:50:48 AM »
1st: Spit IX
2nd: Spit IX
3rd: Spit XVI
4th: Spit XII
5th: Spit IX
6th: Spit IX
7th: Spit IX
8th: Spit IX
Last pic: Spit XVI

I would have figured they would all be Spit XIIs   ;)


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Re: Lets play identify the Spitfire!
« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2009, 01:54:06 AM »
Close but you missed on one.  Look closer :)
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Re: Lets play identify the Spitfire!
« Reply #11 on: May 12, 2009, 02:09:32 AM »
I'm expecting a good guide on proper identification when someone gets it all right!

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Re: Lets play identify the Spitfire!
« Reply #12 on: May 12, 2009, 02:31:46 AM »
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Re: Lets play identify the Spitfire!
« Reply #13 on: May 12, 2009, 02:57:46 AM »
Spit Bernard?




Suppose you could tell which is which by gun placement and wings clipped or not.

#4 looks odd though.


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Re: Lets play identify the Spitfire!
« Reply #14 on: May 12, 2009, 04:08:51 AM »
Spit Bernard?

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Suppose you could tell which is which by gun placement and wings clipped or not.

#4 looks odd though.



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