Hi to All, I’m looking for the Serial number for this Spit based at RAF Warmwell 1940 UM-N , sorry the picture is not very clear, I’ve checked other photos taken of this Spit and still can’t see the serial number, Any help would be very welcome.
Cheers
Rob……
By: black-panther - 6th March 2005 at 21:41
Hello,
There was a 3 pages story about an RAF pilot during the Battle of Britain featuring this picture (and another showing the right side in an old american magazine (Airfoil n°5, 1987), and the author said that the S/N was oversprayed, but painted on very small characters on the tail, and also confirms those are private pictures taken in a clandestine manner, so it is unlikely they were censored. Unfortunately, the author did not give the S/N for this plane.
Laurent
Hi Laurent, Thanks for that did it say who the pilot was ? there is a dispute over this picture, I’ve seen it labelled as Sgt John McBean Christie and Sgt Albert (Bill) Wallace Kearsey, so would be very interested in the name in the magazine.
Cheers
Rob…….
By: LaurentB - 6th March 2005 at 18:53
Hello,
There was a 3 pages story about an RAF pilot during the Battle of Britain featuring this picture (and another showing the right side in an old american magazine (Airfoil n°5, 1987), and the author said that the S/N was oversprayed, but painted on very small characters on the tail, and also confirms those are private pictures taken in a clandestine manner, so it is unlikely they were censored. Unfortunately, the author did not give the S/N for this plane.
Laurent
By: black-panther - 6th March 2005 at 18:02
Hi Daz, the photo was taken by one of pilots, not the Squadron photographer very strange.
Cheers Rob…..
By: DazDaMan - 4th March 2005 at 12:16
Has the serial possibly been scratched out by the censor at all?
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