spitfire

[adrian west]

Hi all just wonderd if any one has a decent picture of a high altitude day fighter june 1943 sea grey upper color and PRU blue undersuface.
have looked over tinterweb and came up with nothing your help would be much appreciated
thanks
funfly@btinternet.com

[Tony Collins 1073]

Perhaps this may be of some use. The caption is:- A rare Spitfire PR.XI seen at IWM Duxford some years ago, in its high-altitude blue scheme and American 'star and bar' markings.

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur ... start%3D20

If you enter High altitude Spitfire in Googles images you will find several pages to look through.

Good luck, Tony Collins

[Neil Hutchinson]

Hi Adrian,

The Spitfire in question is it the MkVIII HF ? If so, there's a free DVD with this months Aeroplane Monthly and there is actual footage of the MkVIII high altitude fighter. The colour scheme looks like standard RAF fighter colours - it's certainly not PRU colours.

TTFN,
Neil

[andywynn]

http://www.hobbycorner.co.uk/ClubPhotos.htm

This is a photo of a mates yellow aircraft Mk XIV Spit. Don't know if its what you mean but i'm told the guy who built it did research it, how well i don't know.

Cheers

Andy

[Neil Hutchinson]

Hi Guys,

Andy, that Spitfire is the wrong variant - the Mk VIII HF was fitted with a two stage Merlin not a Griffon engine. It also has extended wing tips & pointed rudder - well that's what the video footage is showing, anyway + commentary, too.

TTFN,
Neil

[Alan Cantwell 1131]

i have some photos of a MK8, with the extended wing tips, but its all silver, spit is in the jo-berg museum of warfare, if they are of any use to you,

[andywynn]

Hi Guys,

Andy, that Spitfire is the wrong variant - the Mk VIII HF was fitted with a two stage Merlin not a Griffon engine. It also has extended wing tips & pointed rudder - well that's what the video footage is showing, anyway + commentary, too.

TTFN,
Neil

Obviously he didn't research it that well then

Andy

[adrian west]

Thanks for you replys guys ,the picture u posted andy is near as dam i think thanks for you time
regards adrian

[Jason Webb]

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