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Karnak · « **Reply #15 on:** July 05, 2003, 01:23:59 PM »

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Originally posted by Nashwan
It's actually SM845, a Spitfire Mk XVIII

Is it?

That's new info. I understood that Mk XVIIIs had high backs.

Thanks for the info Dowding.

HeadSlammer · « **Reply #16 on:** July 05, 2003, 02:27:46 PM »

Its a Spit XIVE. The two red things inside of the canons should be outside of the canons of it were a Spit XIV.

Spit XIVc had high back and similar canon arrangment to standard XIV. Standard XIV did not have high back.

Nashwan · « **Reply #17 on:** July 05, 2003, 06:00:47 PM »

I think all the XVIIIs had the bubble canopy, but I wouldn't swear to it.

That picture is certainly SM845, an FR XVIII, though.

A google search for "RAF Waddington airshow" found this picture:

http://www.kessel.co.uk/wad/03/h4.jpg

as you can see, it's the same plane from a different angle (not as nice a pic).

The S was a guess, but the rest of the serial is clear.

A google search for SM845 found this:

http://www.angelfire.com/hi5/spitfiremk2a/my-history-sm845.html

Dowding · « **Reply #18 on:** July 05, 2003, 06:18:27 PM »

Your welcome, Karnak. Although I believe Nashwan came up with the information not me. I know very little about the different Mks.