Hello guys and gals 🙂
Still ploughing on with the gun camera films, and have another question. When referring to an aircraft’s variant within a particular mark e.g. a Spitfire MkVb, should the B be in lower or upper case?
(Hope I’ve worded this correctly, know what I want to say but the wording does not look right!)
Many thanks in advance
Becka
By: Ashley - 20th April 2004 at 08:52
Thank you gentlemen for your input, which is as ever, much appreciated 🙂
By: Mark12 - 19th April 2004 at 22:52
Oh dear!
It appears that both upper and lower case were in use on official ‘Air Publication’ documents.
Mark
By: DazDaMan - 19th April 2004 at 22:37
Originally posted by Dan Johnson
Wasn’t Spit VD the unofficial service reference for the “Clipped, cropped and clapped” LFVs. Seems like I’ve seen that in any number of places 🙂Dan
I think Pierre Clostermann referred to a “Spitfire VD” somewhere in The Big Show, although I haven’t read it in a few years to be sure.
Spitfire MkIs, though, I’ve seen as Ia or IB :confused:
By: Dan Johnson - 19th April 2004 at 16:59
Originally posted by JDK
Upper case.“Supermarine Spitfire Mk.V B”
The issue starts to come in with later marks XVIE and the like, and I think the trend for using a smaller font, but upper case crept in to avoid muddling letter and roman numerals. Another reason why the use of roman numerals as a stupid pretentious over-classically-trained idea. The early PR Spits starting with the letters (e.g. ‘D’) didn’t help, but at lease someone avoided the Spitfire VD.
Wasn’t Spit VD the unofficial service reference for the “Clipped, cropped and clapped” LFVs. Seems like I’ve seen that in any number of places 🙂
Dan
By: JDK - 19th April 2004 at 15:21
Upper case.
“Supermarine Spitfire Mk.V B”
The issue starts to come in with later marks XVIE and the like, and I think the trend for using a smaller font, but upper case crept in to avoid muddling letter and roman numerals. Another reason why the use of roman numerals as a stupid pretentious over-classically-trained idea. The early PR Spits starting with the letters (e.g. ‘D’) didn’t help, but at lease someone avoided the Spitfire VD.
By: Mark12 - 19th April 2004 at 15:04
The case in point.
Becka
On the Mk V it should be upper case capitals.
I refer to the MK V AP 1565E Vol 1 and also the Pilot’s Notes.
Mark
By: Dave Homewood - 19th April 2004 at 14:50
I believe in lower case, that’s how it usually seems to be written
Dave
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