Seafire
June 19, 2014 at 9:03 pm

'Sammy' Sampson's Spitfire XVI (low back) – identity of

Hi all,

Does anyone know the serial of this aircraft (personal-coded ‘SS’)? There’s a photo of the starboard side in “Spitfire Offensive”, but too badly printed to read the serial. First scan makes it look like he doesn’t give the serial in the book, but I could be wrong about that.

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bob

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By: DazDaMan - 14th October 2014 at 13:58

According to the book Spitfire Aces of Northwest Europe 1944-45, the colour plate section shows Sampson’s Spitfire as TD324.

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By: Seafire - 20th June 2014 at 10:07

Thanks Daren- I’ve only just received the book, and aside from general interest, I was hoping that it would answer this question, since I had only seen the other shot of him in the cockpit, where you can see ‘SS’ but not a serial.

A related question: Does anyone know who now possesses the photographs? I know that he had several children. I’d love to get a good (and eventually publishable) scan/print of that starboard view.

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By: DazDaMan - 20th June 2014 at 07:59

I read the book not so long ago, but I don’t recall a serial mentioned.