Here is a list of surviving Spitfires, from which you can extract as you wish:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_surviving_Supermarine_Spitfires

…Unless it was Mrs Moggy, keeping an eye on you?

He used to be, until it got difficult storing the bodies there as well.

Now they are weighted down and dumped out over the Channel. Let those Frenchies worry about les stiffs…

Hey, at least I was only piddling off the American contingent by questioning how a Spitfire could be loaned out to anyone, not trying to fob the USAers off with the equivalent of a giant Airfix model…;o)

Which explains how John knows…

Was looking to see if there were any captured DFW C.Vs listed as being displayed in Britain but not coming up with much. Is there a definitive listing anywahere for aeroplanes captured during the Great War?

I have a copy of the Midland Counties Publications British Military Serials 1878-1987 (compiled by Bruce Robertson) which gives information on some of the airframes either acquired in complete or near complete condition through being shot down or mechanical problems, to intelligence reports on wreckage found and usually recovered around the frontline.

First is the ‘G’ Series (starting at G10 – G1-9 apparently being allocated retrospectively although they are not listed here) and gives dates acquired (G10, Albatross GIII D1990/16, 13/2/1917 through to G167, LVG, 11/4/1918 engine only salvaged) and a little info.

There is also the ‘XG’ Series, apparently so named because it was an eXtra G series and allocated retrospectively to aircraft or remains held in Britain (XG1, Albatross formerly RFC serial A375, possibly arrived in UK 20/4/1916 through to XG14 unidentified wreckage held at Islington with no date) so possibly the missing nine airframes from the G series.

Then there is the ‘AB’ Series – all Gothas – allocated to German bombers brought down in Britain (starts at AB2, brought down 5-6/12/1917, through to AB9, shot down 19/5/1918).

The ‘AG’ Series was similar to the ‘G’ Series, except it was compiled in Italy. ‘AG’ denoted Austro-Hungarian and German… (AG1, DFW, 12/1917 to AG8, AEG shot down 20-21/2/1918)

Finally there is the ‘G/HQ’ and ‘G/Bde’ series. When the RFC became the RAF each brigade was given responsibility for reporting aircraft shot down in their sectors (example, G/5Bde/2 was allocated to Fokker Dr1 425/17, 21/4/1918 – von Richthofen’s machine) but there is an awful lot of ‘wreck not recovered’, ‘presume wreck found’, ‘wreck burnt out’ with the odd ‘wreck destroyed be shelling’. There might be only around 130-odd of them, which could suggest that any and every wreck found was allocated a number.

BUT… Not every captured aeroplane was covered by the above series: a Friedrichafen FF33F seaplane (#536) was captured in the Gallipoli area and flown for a period from HMS Ark Royal out of Mudros, 5/1917. A few that were in an airworthy condition were allocated serials in the standard serial range – A374-5, 2x Albatross (one mentioned above), A3201 a Fokker. Yet there must have been some captured much earlier in the war that either my cursory glance through the book hasn’t found or never made it to the register.

Anyone know?

No it didn’t change the result, and I wasn’t bleating.

Good, since I wasn’t referring to you!

Why though, when you know you are not exactly the most popular person in the pit lane, would you go out of your way to
dig yourself into an even deeper hole ? If Rosberg had lost out due to his team mate’s tactics, Hamilton may now be looking for another job.
I doubt if any other team would touch him with a barge pole.

Senna made himself unpopular. Schumacher was not always mr popularity. But Formula 1 is not about being popular, it is about winning races then championships; and if you can do it without annoying too many other drivers, teams, sponsors or spectators then you have it in the bag.
I didn’t like Senna, he seemed too cold and seemed to know he was the best and never needed to do anything but look down his nose at any other racer; when he didn’t win it was always as though someone else was to blame, never him. When he changed teams there was never a problem over how he had screwed over his own previous teams – everyone wanted him. If there is a team problem for Hamilton I don’t think he will have a problem finding a seat for next year; he will bring lots of sponsorship with him that would make the teams salivate.