It seems that a Spit/Seafire crashed in Scapa Flow circa 1942. However, there seems to be a couple of year wait to find out further info.
http://http://www.scapaflowwrecks.com/wrecks/blockships/spitfire.php
Are there any enlightened forumites that can save us the wait?
By: Bruce - 21st October 2014 at 07:23
Not a Spitfire. Pity the pictures are so poor, but there’s a lot of framework there, which Spits don’t have.
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By: AlanR - 20th October 2014 at 22:44
I wonder why the 30yr rule was applied in this instance ?
By: ian_ - 20th October 2014 at 19:24
I believe Spits only carried one ‘dumpy’ oxygen bottle and two longer, thinner air tanks for the pneumatics. This wreck appears to have two oxygen bottles. There also appears to be some thin steel box structure which doesn’t look Spitfire. I’d guess at Battle or similar. And that really is a guess!
Having looked at the link with two recovered Brownings, it’s not a Battle.
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October 20, 2014 at 6:45 pm