Daz,
I have a photo or two that might suit you, but they are at my home, so I would have to go there, find them, take them out, have them scanned, then come back here and post them. I assumed, when I saw the post yesterday, that by today’s afternoon this thread would be full of pics, so I didn’t bother
Now, I am sorry to see you are left abandoned by everyone.
If you tell me what’s the intended use I’ll try to find one for you.
V.

My computer room has all walls occupied by bokshelves etc., but I have a wall in my ‘aviation room’ that has only nice aeroplane photos on it. There are seven framed A3 enlargment prints of WWII photos of fighters (303 Sqn Hurricane I, 302 Sqn Hurricane II, 315 Sqn Spitfire II, 317 Sqn Spitfire V, 302 Sqn Spitfire XVI, 309 Sqn Mustang III and 303 Sqn Mustang IV), surrounding the photo (hopefully) attached here.

This is a really treasured souvenir: signed by Francis Gabreski (who flew a PK-K coded Mk IX during his exchange tour with 315 Sqn) and Tadeusz Sawicz (who commanded no. 315 at that time and PK-K was his assigned Spitfire).

Originally posted by Ant Harrington
The yellow stripes were indeed a recognition feature,introduced in 1941 along with the duck egg green spinner and the ‘day fighter band’ around the rear fuselage of the same coulour.

Only the yellow wing leading edge stripe was introduced in August 1941 when the camouflage of Fighter Command aircraft was changed from Temperate Land (Dark Green/Dark Earth plus Sky undersides) to Day Fighter (Ocean Grey/Dark Green over Medium Sea Grey).
The Sky spinner and rear fuselage band were introduced in November 1940.

Originally posted by Whitley_Project
You can always ask for a Royale with cheese 😉

I thought we were only allowed to quote aviation films here?

The best way to find a good restaurant in France is to look for a place where they don’t have a menu in English. You will not always know what you are going to eat, but you will be certain they are not tourist-oriented. (A menu in German or Japanese is not a good omen, either.)

another shot of the same cockpit…

The only other standard Spitfire cockpit photo I found is this 1941 shot of a Mk II. Even less can be seen…

Originally posted by dhfan
Knowing very little about early Spitfire canopies and never having seen one other than in photos, didn’t the flat top ones also have flat sides? It would seem a bit odd to blow the sides and keep the top flat.
I’ve always understood that what we know as the “standard” Spitfire canopy is the Malcolm hood.

I believe there were several Spitfire canopy shapes, each of them standard at one time or another. The initial ones were flat on top and on sides (a curved sheet of perspex). Then there were those bulged on top with flat sides (like the one in this thread). And then there was the Malcolm hood.

Originally posted by coanda
ps..what was the (rough) build ratios for spits versus hurri’s? i understand that you could build more hurri’s in the construction time of one spit?

I suppose you would have to quote which Hurricanes and Spitfires (version, maker, timeframe) you have in mind.
The original pre-war contract for 310 Spitfires took over a year to complete. In June 1944 the Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory alone completed some 300 Spitfires in one week.