Mark12,

When you say “It is quite a revelation”, you seem to be referring to the serial of one of the Spitfires involved. It must be known which Spitfires they could potentially be.

I’m sure if you know what it is, you can’t say until the book is released, but here’s a few possibilities:

1. It’s a Spitfire with history, maybe flown by an ace.
2. It’s a Spitfire that shouldn’t have been in that part of the world
3. It’s a mark V with a mark IX engine added

I shall be looking forward to the book’s release

My copy arrived in yesterday’s post.

The size and content exceeded my expectation by some margin. It is a major contribution to our knowledge on the Israeli Spitfires.

The revelation:- The first Israeli Spitfire, D-130, what not a Mk IX at all, but built up around an ex RAF PR XI.

Mark