Spit pic..calling Mark12!

this isnt the ex BBMF example, is it?

Nope.

At this time, mid 1960’s, it was ex Montague Motor Museum and prior to that Swandean Garage near Worthing.

It is the former all blue mount of ACM Sir James Robb.

Mark

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this isnt the ex BBMF example, is it?

Thanks for the clarification Mark12

Is it just me or is the cannon barrel fairing missing on the port wing ?

This is an ‘e’ wing.

From this angle the port cannon shroud, with it paint line, is directly in line with the leading edge and its paint line. The prop obscures the end of the shroud.

The .5 Browning aperture, inboard of the cannon, is visible.

Mark

Is it just me or is the cannon barrel fairing missing on the port wing ?

In Mark12’s pic, ‘721 has a red decal just beneath the windscreen on the starboard side – which you can just make out on chumpy’s photo – as well as the red markings around the canopy.

That looks promising, cheers and many thanks to Daz & Mark!

This is Bill Ross’ Mk XVI SL721 operating out of Chicago c1968.

Mark

Code could be an R.

My first thought was SL721, JM-R (the Spit now currently flying in Canada), but I can’t recall offhand where it would have been in the 1960s.