…and another picture quiz from Mark12

Ant,

The photos are mostly personnel/pilots of 111 Squadron with either JU-H or JU-E in the background.

The attached shot is interesting as it shows Treble One’s interpretation of the change to C.1 Roundel post May 1942.

Night flying began at the back end of 1941 and continued to the spring of 1942 by which time it was clear the Spitfire was not best suited for night-fighting and the unit went back to sweeps, Rhubarbs and bomber escort duties.

There were other black Spitfires. Personal markings. I seem to recall that TE199 was an all black RAF Spitfire.

It seems you rarely see a Spitfire night-fighter as the subject of a colour profile for model builders.

Mark

Superb, many thanks Mark12. I really might have known. Frustratingly, my screen is only showing the dreaded red Xs at the moment. Argh. Daz, thanks for your posted image; oh for a wartime colour photo of a black spit (assuming M12s isn’t of course).

Maltese Nightfighter Spitfire

From this website: http://www.killifish.f9.co.uk/Malta%20WWII/Spitfire.htm

Spitfire dressed up as a night fighter. Photo courtesy of Brian Chauchi.

that would be the Spitfire V book here which has a colour profile of the black (yes, I know) JU-H and you can also download Spitfire wallpaper from this link. Go, Daz. 😉

HTH

The attached shot is interesting as it shows Treble One’s interpretation of the change to C.1 Roundel post May 1942.

Mark, this is before the C roundels were introduced throughout the RAF. These reduced visibility roundel proportions were apparently first introduced on night fighters. I don’t have details at hand, but you might want to check that Mk V book that JDK & co. have published.

Blimey,interesting stuff Mark. I knew some daylight Spits were used at night when the need arose,but didn’t realise any were used exclusively at night. Interesting to see that although this machine has the night camouflage,it doesn’t appear to have the glare shields fitted under the windscreen.
Do you have any more pics or anecdotes on night-fighter Spits,pretty please??

Ant,

The photos are mostly personnel/pilots of 111 Squadron with either JU-H or JU-E in the background.

The attached shot is interesting as it shows Treble One’s interpretation of the change to C.1 Roundel post May 1942.

Night flying began at the back end of 1941 and continued to the spring of 1942 by which time it was clear the Spitfire was not best suited for night-fighting and the unit went back to sweeps, Rhubarbs and bomber escort duties.

There were other black Spitfires. Personal markings. I seem to recall that TE199 was an all black RAF Spitfire.

It seems you rarely see a Spitfire night-fighter as the subject of a colour profile for model builders.

Mark

They’re taking better care of her now than ever before.

Didn’t one of the aces (Tuck, perhaps?) score a couple of kills at night whilst flying Spits?

Great pic, too. I totally forgot TE554 had red underbelly bits! :rolleyes:

Blimey,interesting stuff Mark. I knew some daylight Spits were used at night when the need arose,but didn’t realise any were used exclusively at night. Interesting to see that although this machine has the night camouflage,it doesn’t appear to have the glare shields fitted under the windscreen.
Do you have any more pics or anecdotes on night-fighter Spits,pretty please??

I hadn’t realised it had red radiator housings as well as the spinner and ‘go-faster’ stripe. It looks amazing.

Jonathan,

Well I wasn’t trying to make it easy. 🙂

Almost wish Spits had made it onto nightfighter squadrons so there’d be more photos of black ones around! (This is where someone tells me that of course they did, and produces a dozen shots to prove it).

Not a dozen shots, but here is one to be going on with.

Until I met the late Peter Durnford on Malta I to had never heard of Spitfire night fighters. He claimed he flew all black Spitfires with 111 Squadron, I was dubious, but he produced over half a dozen shots for me on my return to the UK.

Mark

I hadn’t realised it had red radiator housings as well as the spinner and ‘go-faster’ stripe. It looks amazing. Almost wish Spits had made it onto nightfighter squadrons so there’d be more photos of black ones around! (This is where someone tells me that of course they did, and produces a dozen shots to prove it).

Great picture! I thought it was an airfixmodel of some kind. But I like the real answer much more.

Well done Mark V

Stieglitz

Yup. TE554 in Israel.

Mark

Spitfire TE554, Be’er Sheva (Beersheva)!

Is it the Hawker Hurricane in nightfighter colours?

..and yet another bit more.

I thought you would have got it by now.

Melv got it instantly, but he is banned.

Further clue:- Taken in recent months.

Mark

A lucky shot and just went by my window. 😉

Mark

I took my fair share of inverted-aircraft-with-sun-lighting-up-the-underside type of pictures.. hence the try 🙂

OK OK..what is it?

A Red Spitfire flying almost inverted? 😀 (ah well worth a try)

A lucky shot and just went by my window. 😉

Mark

A Red Spitfire flying almost inverted? 😀 (ah well worth a try)

Yer fired!

Mark

G-fired ? (lat’s say 10 g ?)

The DH Comet (racer) simply cus its red :-p