I just came across this interesting model here
http://www.aircraftscalemodeling.com/ASM%20sections/Model%20Shows/SVSM%202002/Spitfire_III_svsm.JPG
which comes from this page:
http://www.aircraftscalemodeling.com/ASM%20sections/Model%20Shows/Model%20Shows%20SVSM%202002.htm
The colour looks like RAF Training Yellow – which is odd – so I looked the serial up on Google I discovered one site saying it was a Spitfire MkIII, as indicated by the model’s url. But another site says N3287 was a Spitfire I of 92 Sqn that crashed on 28th of July 1940 – see here
http://www.the-battle-of-britain.co.uk/Diary/July/28July.htm
What is the story with this Spit? Was it a Mk I, a Mk III, both? Why is it yellow? Was this a prototype colour?
Very interesting – imagine a yellow Spit on the warbird circuit today.
By: Dave Homewood - 29th December 2004 at 23:15
They were VIII’s and it wasn’t a wind up.
At Gorrie which is NT I think.
Mark
I just found that thread and concede I made an error – it was three Mk VIII’s, not eight Mk III’s as I’d thought. Sorry Mark. 🙂
This page lists N3287 as a Mk III too
http://www.homepages.mcb.net/bones/01UKAV/roundels/RAF_ROUNDELS.htm
By: DazDaMan - 29th December 2004 at 22:59
You could be right there, Phil. I remember the serial began with a “W”.
By: Bruggen 130 - 29th December 2004 at 22:55
Well, as far as I can tell, there was ONLY the one MkIII (N3297), BUT, according to Spitfire – The History, there was another (whose serial I cannot recall).
:confused:
I think the other Mk111 was W3237.
Phil. 🙂
By: DazDaMan - 29th December 2004 at 21:47
But was there only one? I recall a couple of months ago Mark12 mentioned a couple of Mk III’s had been found down a well in Australia and are being restored. Or was that a wind-up?
Well, as far as I can tell, there was ONLY the one MkIII (N3297), BUT, according to Spitfire – The History, there was another (whose serial I cannot recall).
:confused:
By: Mark12 - 29th December 2004 at 16:01
The Mk. III was a non-starter, only one built. I’m sure Mark12 was talking about the Mk. VIII
They were VIII’s and it wasn’t a wind up.
At Gorrie which is NT I think.
Mark
By: HP57 - 29th December 2004 at 13:31
Or the Seafire III
Cees
By: galdri - 29th December 2004 at 13:16
The Mk. III was a non-starter, only one built. I’m sure Mark12 was talking about the Mk. VIII
By: Dave Homewood - 29th December 2004 at 12:59
But was there only one? I recall a couple of months ago Mark12 mentioned a couple of Mk III’s had been found down a well in Australia and are being restored. Or was that a wind-up?
By: DazDaMan - 29th December 2004 at 12:44
I always thought the serial number for the sole MkIII Spit built was N3297.
There’s a couple of colour profiles of the aircraft in “Spitfire – The History”, one showing it yellow with black/white undersides, and another showing it camouflaged above, with I think yellow undersides.
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December 29, 2004 at 12:38 pm