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keith A

22nd December 2007 22:06

SPITFIRE V EP549, W3656

These aircraft were the mounts of FL John B Shepherd. Were these Vb or Vc? And were these "clipped wing" versions?

Andy ingham

22nd December 2007 22:25

Re: SPITFIRE V EP549, W3656

Having consulted 'Spitfire the History'
EP549 was a long range VB.
W3656 was also a VB.
Neither are listed as LF models so they were unlikley to have had clipped wings.
Regards
Andy

keith A

23rd December 2007 12:31

Re: SPITFIRE V EP549, W3656

Cheers Andy!

Fairlop

24th December 2007 11:18

Re: SPITFIRE V EP549, W3656

Hi Keith,

W3656 had a fuel system modificated in March 1943, and was used by the 64 Sqn in 1943-44 as well as LR EP549. I believe both were Long Range version at that time with standard elyptic wings.

Merry Christmas,
Michal

keith A

26th December 2007 17:45

Re: SPITFIRE V EP549, W3656

Thanks for that. I was kinda hoping it'd be a clipped wing version but had read that 118 had very few of these.

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