‘Cos I ain’t no expert!
Hot on tail of the great Martinet success…..Does anyone know what Spitfire serial equated to 6S/1240 please?
I have a Luftwaffe data plate with the following:-
Sach Nr: 9-70101.10
Werk Nr: 720080
now the Sach Nr normally gives the aircraft type…maybe I am being thick. The part it is attached to looks like the top part of a 262…however, by that time in the war I would’ve expected the censor type plate; instead this one has:-
Messerschmitt and Augsburg details….perplexed I am!?
cheers
Tony
By: Rocketeer - 21st May 2008 at 08:39
6S/1240.
Is this on a data plate? If so what else? Drawing number, issue level, inspector etc.
Supermarine built Spitfire fuselages and firewalls have 6S/ followed by six numbers.
Mark
No its on a spar….end of a wing spar….just bleakly looking for a serial number I can use on my cockpit project with extra thin but slightly robust provenance!! I have a huge chunk of wreckage from a (currently) unknown Spit including carry thrus and wing spars. Just would rather that the project (using 35-50% original structure) had a tenuous id instead of being anymouse!:)
By: Mark12 - 21st May 2008 at 07:16
6S/1240.
Is this on a data plate? If so what else? Drawing number, issue level, inspector etc.
Supermarine built Spitfire fuselages and firewalls have 6S/ followed by six numbers.
Mark
By: Rocketeer - 20th May 2008 at 22:58
cheers old chap! the spit is more generic….that is its constructor number
By: Arabella-Cox - 20th May 2008 at 22:13
Tony
Sachnummer literally means “item number” and the prefix 9 indicates engine or engine related. In the same system the prefix 8 signifies airframes…eg 8-109, 8-188 etc etc etc. So I think you have an engine related plate here.
Not that I know anything about German aircraft data plates, of course:D
Mark 12 is your best bet for the Spitfire plate. Is this a cockpit or firewall main plate??
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May 20, 2008 at 8:17 pm