A Spitfire For Six – Key Publishing

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By: mackerel - 29th September 2008 at 22:06

And a Mk.I by the looks of it (no bulge behind the spinner on the starboard engine cowling.)

(edit – possibly a Mk.Va judging by the oil cooler, but I think Mk.I/IIs were fitted with similar ones later on)

Hi all, think you are right DazDaMan, look at the elevator horn !!

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Think im wrong there as MKv’s have the same elevator. Oooops

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By: paulmcmillan - 29th September 2008 at 17:50

Sgts Whites, Walker and Kelly were allowed in the picture because they could not think up a suitable nicknames!:dev2:

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By: Arclite03 - 29th September 2008 at 13:56

Isn’t ‘Snuffy’ Smith meantioned in ‘Tumult in the Clouds’ by James Goodson ??

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By: DazDaMan - 29th September 2008 at 12:31

And a Mk.I by the looks of it (no bulge behind the spinner on the starboard engine cowling.)

(edit – possibly a Mk.Va judging by the oil cooler, but I think Mk.I/IIs were fitted with similar ones later on)

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By: VoyTech - 29th September 2008 at 11:59

MV-O or MV-D – 53 OTU aircraft. I love the fuselage roundel proportions.