I think this is X4260 of 603 Squadron, as illustrated on pages 18-20 of Spitfire at War 3 - one of the pictures shows her being repainted in a light (grey?) colour.
The foliage and surrounding ground are similar, she belly landed (hence damage to radiator?) and had a bent and twisted prop.
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on: July 27, 2010, 04:14:57 PM
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on: July 27, 2010, 04:09:31 PM
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| Started by justplanecrazy - Last post by Davef68 | ||
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The 'A' and 'B' schemes were alternated, but the odd/even thing was not - it depended which scheme was applied first! So you can see odd and even aircraft in A, but not from the same batch
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on: July 27, 2010, 04:07:31 PM
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| Started by kaburaya - Last post by Davef68 | ||
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PRU Pink was a low level colour, these were high level aircraft. Of the few photographs, one looks PRU Blue overall, but at least one has a demarcation and looks like the classic high level scheme of Medium Sea Grey over PRU blue.
Reports (and the Almark decalsheet) also described the aircraft as grey. |
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on: July 27, 2010, 10:52:10 AM
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| Started by nsmith1180 - Last post by DazDaMan | ||
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Depends which Battle of Britain you're talking about...
 In the film, there were no less than THREE Griffon-engined Spitfires on strength with the aerial unit - a Mk.XIV and a pair of Mk.XIXs. Just to confuse you further, while you won't see a Merlin-engined Spitfire with a five-blade prop, you WILL find one or two fitted with SIX blades.... |
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on: July 27, 2010, 10:41:02 AM
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| Started by colfair - Last post by DazDaMan | ||
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MT818 has moved recently - I believe to Personal Plane Services at Booker, who also restored the same owner's Spitfire XVIe TE184.
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on: July 26, 2010, 08:46:56 PM
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| Started by shotgun - Last post by shotgun | ||
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any information on Charles Leslie Sams was believed to have flown Spitfires and Mosquitos and hurricanes in ww2. Where do I start my search any help appreiciated thanks
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on: July 26, 2010, 06:58:01 PM
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| Started by NZTyphoon - Last post by ferret_64 | ||
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Great stuff. Following the links highly recommended, e.g. to this site: http://3dspitfires.blogspot.com/ Makes a model builder´s mouth water.
Thanks for showing us. Greetings, Martin |
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on: July 26, 2010, 04:29:02 PM
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| Started by petr_pb - Last post by gingerbob | ||
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Where's the radiator?
bob |
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on: July 26, 2010, 07:49:25 AM
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| Started by NZTyphoon - Last post by stevehnz | ||
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The Buffalo I is described as "A fast Fleet Air Arm fighter"; the Fulmar was "A Fairey machine which has been nicknamed the "Spitfire" of the Navy. The first date of issue from this library was 9 October 1941 - meaning that for a book published in 1941 it got to NZ in a good time. The last date of issue was 24 June 1943. Next date of issue (according to library records)? 5 July 2009! As a time capsule it's priceless.  The powers that be obviously thought people would believe anything in those days, the scarey thing is they often seemed to believe it themselves. Nice find too that, the sort that brings a wee tinge of jealously to the surface. Steve. |
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on: July 26, 2010, 07:35:17 AM
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| Started by petr_pb - Last post by stevehnz | ||
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Other than the obvious stated by Jayce, it presents to my inexpert eye a conundrum or two, ie it has what appears to be a type of Lutwaffe camo found in the Mediterranean theatre, but AFAIK the first Spits out there were Vbs(Cs?) & this is clearly a Mk Ia or IIa, sorry if my deductions are up the pole, I've joined here to learn, not instruct.
Steve |
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