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Title: Identify and Explain this
Post by: CBFASI on August 02, 2002, 07:05:02 PM

Well these are a relatively easy identification but can you explain the oditty.

(http://www.ironfoot.net/cbfasi/images/whatexp1.jpg)

Title: Identify and Explain this
Post by: Staga on August 02, 2002, 08:02:29 PM

Are those the Spits A.Galland did ask H.Göring to give? :D

Title: Identify and Explain this
Post by: Staga on August 02, 2002, 08:03:49 PM

More serious: Maybe they're re-painted for a movie ?

Title: Identify and Explain this
Post by: ra on August 02, 2002, 10:13:35 PM

Yeah, late model spits, I forget what movie they were used in.

Title: Spit 9s and 5s...i think
Post by: OntosMk1 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.....
:D :D

Title: Identify and Explain this
Post by: SuperD 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?

Title: Identify and Explain this
Post by: Karnak on August 03, 2002, 05:33:22 AM

The bubble canopy Spits are Mk XVIs.  Mark 16s for the Roman numeral challenged.

Title: Identify and Explain this
Post by: whgates3 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" ?

Title: Identify and Explain this
Post by: Arlo on August 03, 2002, 01:21:31 PM

An error retouching? (ShruG)

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Originally posted by SuperD
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?

Title: Identify and Explain this
Post by: Guppy35 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.

Dan

Title: Identify and Explain this
Post by: CBFASI on August 04, 2002, 11:02:47 AM

Well done guppy you got it....

It amusing what you find digging through old books..