P8088

Hi all,
A couple of other pics that you may not of seen yet,,,
Les

NKK

Beihan62 Thank you for that awesome information on P8088.And everyone else that has replied or added to this thread,I have often wondered what went wrong on her last flight. I have followed and trawled through hundreds of pages searching for info on this plane and all the info in the world is right here in this thread..awesome!.I started this thread over two years ago and i never would of thought to just how much info there has been on this Spitfire,it has been Fantastic! I am still restoring the model in the pictures on the first page of this thread and are looking at flying her this coming Summer.It was through this model and to how it ended up down here in New Zealand that sparked a major interest in the full size Aircraft that this model was based on, and to much enjoyment to i might add, I have learnt where she was made and who flew her and the squadrons that she served under and where she is now. Now thats a story book in its self i reckon! And now more info on what happened on that flight, Wow it sounds like she was moving very fast at impact, the ole Merlin screaming to the end.
May i ask Beihan62 do you have any photos of the recovery? id be very interested in seeing any if you have and dont mind.
Jon.R has been fantastic in keeping me up to date with how P8088 is coming along and it is looking just great, kinda sends shivers down ya spine seeing the photos of her after tracking its history and knowing how it ended up,
I think the life of this Spitfire still has plenty of life left in the bits that were found and who knows ,,maybe one day it will grace the skies once again,,I for one will be there watching if she does.:D
Les

cheers chad, ahh ok ,,will have to do a search on google for these kits , but suspect you and daz are correct in your line of thinking, the model is indeed made of ply and balsa with a fiberglass type covering, the cockpit has great detail which includes gauges,joy stick and throttle landing gear levers etc, the seat and behind the seat with what looks like a oxygen bottle and the retracs close back at a angle , at first i thought it may of been scratch built but after reading and doing a bit more research maybe this is a kit ,,either way it is a very nice model of the much loved spity and has the habit of grabbing the hearts of many that look at her,,i have started the resto and have the retracs working again and canopy of to clean inside and give the ole pilot a freshen up ,,lol,,, the info profile is coming along great and will post a pic when ive got it done to any that are interested,,ive decide to keep the orig paint and just clean it well ,it looks like it has done many miles and sorta goes with the age of the plane , and keeps the history alive,,
cheers all for all yr input i enjoy logging in and reading new bits that have been added ,,and will keep ya all posted on the progress,,,cheers and have a great week ,,
les

cheers , wow thats some good info and pics thank you Daz, i found a site that lists numbers of the spitfires and thru codes one can find out the info ,it has P8088 included and from how i read it yes i think you are right about being crashed,it looks like she was turned over to a training squad and then as i read it ,and i could be wrong here, but seems it dived into the ground and then there is some other letters that i cant find out what they mean but hey that is lots of info and thanks very much,
Also thank you Cranswick and wj244 for yr input and i will be doing a search for that profile 41 and also will be contacting the magazine as well ,,,good idea,,

many thanks all