This is a (very) rough list of all the Spitfires I could find that had raced (in military or civilian colours) and/or wore non-military colour schemes. Having followed the G-AISU thread I am sure there are others and variations out there…any additions would be welcome.
AC Air Classics, AJJ British Civil Aircraft since 1919, AM Aeroplane Monthly, F DM’s File, FP FlyPast, Price The Spitfire Story, RT Random Thoughts, SAM Scale Aircraft Monographs, AI Aircraft Illustrated, CM Camouflage and Markings No 1
RACERS
IDENTITY MK DATE DETAILS
G-AIDN/#3 VIII 1947 yellow, small black rego Lympne (AM Oct 74,
Jul 82)
G-AIDN/#5 VIII 1948 two tone (AM Oct 74)
G-AIDN/#99 VIII 1969 yellow, large black rego, Staverton (AM Oct 74)
G-AISU/#40 VB 1950? Air Commodore Wheeler (AJJ V3p362)
PK542/#2 22 ? ? (Price p486)
PK542/#100 22 ? ? (Price. p483) Daily Express Trophy Race
CF-GMZ/#80 FRXIVE 1949 Ohio Air Races (AC V36#6) (FP Nov?) (RTV21#3) (FP Feb00) (AM Jul 82)
N74138/#4 PRXI 1948 Lympne (AM Jul 82, Apr 83) (Price. p391)
LA214? 21 1947 41 Sqn Blackpool Air Pageant (SAM p65) (F)
TD248/G-OXVI LFXVIe 2000 “41 Sqn Blackpool Air Pageant” replica (F)
RN201/G-BSKP XIV 2002 “41 Sqn Blackpool Air Pageant” replica (F/FP)
VN324/#7 24 1948 Lympne (AM Feb 80)
RAN/#4 22 1948 607 Sqn Cooper Air Race (F) (SAM p27)
OO-ARE/#100 IX 1961 London-Cardiff Air Race (AM Jul 82)
RAQ.G/#3 PK430 22 1948 610 Sqn Cooper Air Race (SAM p30)
RAS.D/#6 SL718 LF.16 1948 612 Sqn Cooper Air Race (SAM p47)
CIVILIAN
G-AHZI II 1946 ‘Josephine’ M L Bramson (AM Jul 82)
N32 (G-AIDN) VIII 1946 yellow, black rego (AM Oct 74)
G-AIDN VIII 1947 yellow, small black rego, Version 1, Tim Davies & John Fairey (AM Oct 74)
G-AIDN VIII 1974 yellow, medium black rego, Version 2, Tim Davies &John Fairey (AM Jul 82)
G-AIDN VIII 1974 navy blue, Tim Davies & John Fairey (AM Oct 74)
G-AISU VB 1950? Air Commodore Wheeler (AM Jul 82)
G-ALGT 14 1960s? Rolls Royce (AM Jul 82, AJJ V3p363)
G-ASJV IX 1964 Tim Davies (AM Jul 82) (AI Sept 68)
By: Mark12 - 4th October 2005 at 22:11
LA214? 21 1947 41 Sqn Blackpool Air Pageant
LA217.
G-AIDN also as race numbers 3, 42 & 83
G-AISU also a race number 82
PL983/G-PRXI race number 89
Mark
By: Swiss Mustangs - 4th October 2005 at 20:50
LV-NMZ
from my collection (but original now in transit to Mark12 😉 )
LV-NMZ
enjoy….
Martin
By: G-ORDY - 4th October 2005 at 07:20
G-AIDN, yellow scheme, Yeovilton Air Day c.1973
🙂
By: G-ORDY - 3rd October 2005 at 09:11
G-AIDN
That’ll be the second yellow scheme Mark – shot at Yeovilton if I remember correctly – when based at Baginton. (Wasn’t around for the first one!) 🙂
I’ll scan when I get home.
BTW – I have a lovely shot of the Elmdon apron for the 1947 or 48 air races which shows both ‘IDN and ‘ISU – I’ll see if I can dig it out.
By: Mark12 - 3rd October 2005 at 08:59
(I have the yellow scheme if anyone’s interested!)
Yes please. 🙂
First or second all yellow scheme? 😉
Mark
By: G-ORDY - 3rd October 2005 at 06:56
G-AIDN
An excuse to use my new 35mm scanner! (Not had time to sort out the dust spots yet but never mind)
Staverton circa 1965:
Abingdon BofB display circa 1970:
(I have the yellow scheme if anyone’s interested!)
By: Corsair166b - 3rd October 2005 at 06:07
Love the shot of the Spit and the Vulcan…looks like a great paint scheme for the Spit..
M
By: ALBERT ROSS - 3rd October 2005 at 00:19
David,
In your list, you make no note of G-AIDN being light blue at any time. It was in this scheme with Air Race code ’99’ between around 1959-68. Here is a shot of it I took over Staverton on 31st March 1968, whilst formating with The Skyfame Museum’s Airspeed Oxford V3388/G-AHTW (well, someone had to!) :rolleyes:
By: DazDaMan - 2nd October 2005 at 23:45
I have seen other photos of that Spit 24 – can’t remember who sent me them now! (sorry!) 🙁
By: T J Johansen - 2nd October 2005 at 17:54
Argh! I so want to see this one! 😉
Found this on the net. Don’t know if you’ve seen it!
http://groups.msn.com/walshcollection/rcafspitfires1940to1951.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=81
T J
By: Black Knight - 24th February 2005 at 15:59
I love that scheme on the Rolls Mk14. It’d be great to see it restored in those colours.
By: willy.henderick - 24th February 2005 at 10:01
NH188 was discussed. An article appeared in Canadian Aviation Historical Society- Journal Vol.42 N°2 – Summer 2004
By: DazDaMan - 24th February 2005 at 09:23
I think there is a pic of her somewhere on the forum in this scheme.
If you want to include NH188 wearing her civvy code AND full scheme, you could, I suppose!
This is a well-known shot (from webshots.com, where I originally found it).
By: Steve T - 24th February 2005 at 05:43
TJ et al–
Ted Hooton’s old “Spitfire Special” monograph also has a nice B&W ground shot of F.24 N7929A. No idea what the colours actually were but she was a beauty.
May have missed it but did John Paterson’s ex-COGEA NH188/CF-NUS get mentioned? She was in a sort of steel blue with white trim and the odd “bib” antiglare panel sometimes seen on COGEA Spits, and Paterson had added the 421 Sqn RCAF Indian head insignia (actually the McColl-Frontenac Oil Co logo) just ahead of the wingroots. Later she was painted (wildly inaccurately) in full 421 Sqn markings and is on show thus attired in the Canada Aviation Museum at Rockcliffe.
S.
By: T J Johansen - 24th February 2005 at 00:46
Argh! I so want to see this one! 😉
If I find the magazine I will scan the photo of it. Unless the intrepid Mark12 might have a photo of the Mark24….
T J
By: DazDaMan - 23rd February 2005 at 18:34
There was a b/w photo in either Air Classics or Warbirds Intl. many years ago of Lee Fairbrother’s Mk. 24 N7929A in a white paint job with red or blue trim on it.
Argh! I so want to see this one! 😉
By: willy.henderick - 23rd February 2005 at 18:09
OO-ARE wore a non standard colour scheme on your photographs.
OO-ARA was overall silver with anti-glare black panel (RNAF colour scheme) when delivered to COGEA with the COGEA NOUVELLE logo under the cockpit. Became later blue, date unknown.
By: jbs - 23rd February 2005 at 14:09
When did the Cogea Spits get their White scheme? From these photos shot at Lübeck around 1958 they were silver with some trim. Check out this web site with lots of color photos of the German Sea Fury target tugs. http://members.aol.com/tgenth/page3e.html
T J
T J,
My mistake – duly amended
By: T J Johansen - 23rd February 2005 at 14:01
When did the Cogea Spits get their White scheme? From these photos shot at Lübeck around 1958 they were silver with some trim. Check out this web site with lots of color photos of the German Sea Fury target tugs. http://members.aol.com/tgenth/page3e.html
T J
By: jbs - 23rd February 2005 at 13:47
A few more…
Civilian
NH904 (G-FIRE) – Mk.XIV, 1980’s Spencer Flack
PL972 (LV-NMZ) – Mk.XI, 1947-48 James & Jack Storey
VN332 (N7929A) – Mk.24, early 1950’s American Aviation
These where all registered to COGEA of Nouvelle, Ostend, Belgium, mid 1950’s. They where marked silver with a darker colour trim.
[INDENT]MH415 / OO-ARD
MH434 / OO-ARA
MK297 / OO-ARB
MK923 / OO-ARF
NH188 / OO-ARC
NH238 / OO-ARE[/INDENT]
These where all registered to Schreiner & Co, Netherlands, 1950’s. They where marked in an Orange scheme.
[INDENT]BS147 / PH-NFN
MJ828 / PH-NFR
MK475 / PH-NHO
PT986 / PH-NFP[/INDENT]
And a bit more information on some of the ones you already have
NH238 / OO-ARE – Mk.IX 1961 London-Cardiff Air Race; Race No.100
PL983 / NC74138 – Mk.XI, 1948 US Embassy, Air Attache; Race No.4
TZ138 / CF-GMZ – Mk.XIV, 1949 Flt. Lt. J.H.G. ‘Butch’ McArthur, Tinnerman Trophy Race, Ohio and Cleveland Air Race; Race No.80
LA214? – Mk.21 1947 41 Sqn Blackpool Air Pageant
This one has been discussed on this forum before and has been determined to be LA217 – hope this helps.
Here are the RAF serials of some of the machines you mention, just in case you are interested
[INDENT]P8727 / G-AHZI
AB910 / G-AISU
MH434 / G-ASJV
MT818 / G-AIDN
RM689 / G-ALGT[/INDENT]
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