EN830:a sad Spitfire

Originally posted by Roger S
Wouldn’t mind to see a captured Luftwaffe Spitfire in the airshow circuit. Guess I am the only one, or not?:D
BW Roger

Maybe MK732 ?? but there again It’s not seen in the airshow circuit any more is it??

Does anyone know how it is getting on now it’s been captured by The Royal Netherlands Historical Flight?

Cheers…………

Hi Dan,
Thanks for posting those pics. I talked to the guy who’d made the models and I was sure they weren’t a wind up, but I’d never seen the evidence before.

Regarding the airborne Italian job, getting the gold, easy – it’s the flying in through the rear cargo doors of a Argossy that would be tricky!:p
Cheers
James

Spanish Spitfire

Roger,

quotes:-

‘yes, they had 1 and it only made 1 flight but it was a hell of a good looker’

‘The colours were something like this’

So can you please tell us Roger, is this ‘good looker’ hearsay or have you actually seen a photograph of it?

Mark

Dan,

Meknes is in Morocco 😉

Originally posted by JDK
Talking about models of Spitfires, I saw these in 1994 at the Chilterns Model show at Old Warden.

IIRC, they were a French aerobatic team in North Africa – yes, it was real, no, I don’t have the details.

Fancy getting 3 preserved Spits into these colours – Smokewinders on the wingtips?

Found a couple photos of this crowd in a small book called:

Les “Spitfire” Fancais, by Claude Pierquet.

It’s in French and I don’t read French, but they were called “Patrouille Tricolore” and were flying the 3 Spitfire IXs from Meknes in 1947.

No clue on where Meknes is 🙂

Dan

Ass you will understand, I have also nothing against a Spanish Mitchell in the circuit. BW Roger

The colours were something like this. I understood it made one succesfull flight, but on finals it flew into a lorry or a train. BW Roger

Spanish Spitfire?? 😮

Roger,

What an intriguing last post that sent me diving for my copy of ‘Spitfire International’.

Four possibilities – all non intentional landings in Spain and interned.

Quote: ‘Hell of a Good Looker’

This sort of suggests that you have seen a photo?

Can you tell us more?

Mark

Yeah, that realy would be a great sight. Wouldn’t mind a Spanish Spitfire either (yes, they had 1 and it only made 1 flight but it was a hell of a good looker). BW Roger

Roger,

……….and neither would I.

Tired of the pink?

How about this for Mk XI PL965?

Controversial?

Mark

Wouldn’t mind to see a captured Luftwaffe Spitfire in the airshow circuit. Guess I am the only one, or not?:D
BW Roger

‘You’re only supposed to blow the bloody bomb doors off’

Anyone notice the Airfix Spitfire 1a in there? (1/72 scale)

It proved to be inferior to a similarly engined 109. What the Germans were trying to prove is not sure, the fact that they had to make so many alterations to the electrics, cooling etc… to substitute the DB Engine made the results irrelevant. It proved to be quicker in the climb when compared to a 109, but this was put down to the lack of armament..

They are, but I was going along the lines of having three almost identical Spitfires, hence three Griffon-engined aircraft (two bubble canopies, one high-back?)

“TFC could get another Griffon Spit “

It could be my eyesight fooling me,but aren’t those models of Merlin-powered Mk.IX’s??

Re: EN830:a sad Spitfire

Originally posted by Transall
The name Scheidhauer suggests that he was from the “Alsace” part of France and thus when he was recaptured in Saarbrucken, he was quite close to home.
🙁

Best regards, Transall.

Actually he was a long way from home, his family came from Brest, though he was born in the Alsace region, his Father was stationed their with the French army. Bushell and Scheidhauer travelled to Saarbrucken in the vain hope of getting help and transportation to Paris and from there onto North West France.

This year is the 60th anniversary of the Great Escape, keep an eye out on Channel 5, Windfall Films are in the process of making a programme on the Escape which is due to go out at the end of March.

Hey I’m nearly as famous as the goat boy.

That picture was taken in my youth, I’m much more mature now 😉

“This is the aircraft preservation society…”

Hmm… doesn’t have the same ring to it 😉