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Offline CBFASI

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« on: August 02, 2002, 07:05:02 PM »
Well these are a relatively easy identification but can you explain the oditty.

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« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2002, 08:02:29 PM »
Are those the Spits A.Galland did ask H.Göring to give? :D
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« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2002, 08:03:49 PM »
More serious: Maybe they're re-painted for a movie ?
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« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2002, 10:13:35 PM »
Yeah, late model spits, I forget what movie they were used in.
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Offline OntosMk1

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Spit 9s and 5s...i think
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2002, 10:55:01 PM »
Is it a german squadron using captured A/C to get close to bombers?  it looks like some SPit 5s and 9s maybe even a 14 the one with the bubble canopy is throwing me off :D  They also had 38s,P-51s and P-47s. They also had a couple of Bobmers.B-17s B-24s and even a few Lancasters and Wellingtons.....
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« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2002, 04:21:01 AM »
All of these have similar call letters on their side but one.

Most have UT letters first, the german cross symbol in the middle, and then another letter after that.  One of them however is backwards and has a letter S first, the german cross symbol in the middle, and then the UT letters at the end.

Is there any reason for this?
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Offline Karnak

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« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2002, 05:33:22 AM »
The bubble canopy Spits are Mk XVIs.  Mark 16s for the Roman numeral challenged.
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« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2002, 01:02:07 PM »
maybe its some tricky brits in german markings trying to sneek in on kraut heavies - - or maybe its from the movie "it happened here" ?
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« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2002, 01:21:31 PM »
An error retouching? (ShruG)

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All of these have similar call letters on their side but one.

Most have UT letters first, the german cross symbol in the middle, and then another letter after that.  One of them however is backwards and has a letter S first, the german cross symbol in the middle, and then the UT letters at the end.

Is there any reason for this?
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Offline Guppy35

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« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2002, 12:07:01 AM »
All of the Spits ar XVI's.  The XVI like the IX had version with the high back profile and the bubble top.  The only real difference being the XVI was engined with an American made Packard Merlin 266.

The photo was taken by aviation photographer Charles Brown in July 1950 and shows the Spit XVIs of 17 Squadron painted up as 'yellow nosed' Me109s for the Royal Air Force Display at Farnborough in July 1950.  A similar photo appears in Alfred Price's  Spitfire-A Documentary History.

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« Reply #10 on: August 04, 2002, 11:02:47 AM »
Well done guppy you got it....

It amusing what you find digging through old books..
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