Originally posted by Mark12
The Mk 22 that I still list is PK350. This is the Jack Malloch crash in Zimabawe twenty odd years ago. It made a mighty big hole in the ground but that said I suspect there are a few bits lurking in Zim and I would not rule out it being being a ‘starter kit’ for the future.

The Seafire 47 project are parts with a South Marston data plate recovered from a Nuneaton scrapyard in June 1984. Three young men have or had it. There may or may not have been a dispute on ownership. I have in my notes that one of the party is named Steve Bond (another Steve Bond). Serial associated is VP455.

Any further news or confirmation on this Seafire project welcome.

Mark

Photo credit: Bill Sykes

What were the circumstances of the fatal crash?

Re: Four Cannon Spits

Originally posted by Ant Harrington
Seeing the pics of NH238 on the Piece of Cake thread made me wonder why so few C and E-winged Spits appear to have been fitted with the full complement of four cannon.I’ve seen a handful of pics showing four cannon Mk.Vc’s in North Africa,but that’s about it.
Any ideas why this was?Having the hardest-hitting armament possible would seem like the sensible option.

Only the ‘C’ or universal wing was able to be fitted with two canons giving the Spitfire the four cannons that you remark on. The ‘E’ wing was not universal. It was designed to take a 20mm hispano in the outer bay and .5″ (’50 cal’) Browning heavy machine gun in the inner bay. Giving the ‘e’ Spitfires x2 20mm cannons and x2 ’50 cal’ Brownings. As such NH238 was wrongly equipped!

FP136

Originally posted by John Cooper
FP136 as stated but maybe a spoof registration as it could belong to a Catalina. The general appearance is not to the usual RAF standard, the nose area and under cowlings look pretty grim. The photo is Crown Copyright Negative Number 2638 date of photo 26th January 1954 taken outside ASF Hangar RAF Negombo, Ceylon.

Any ideas as to the mark, index number or anything else/

Not a clue. Seems a bit odd though. Its got a fighter nose and hatch but a bomber (split) windscreen