Mystery Spitfire
 

Can anyone identify this Spitfire shown crash landed in an E-Bay Auction?
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...m=270097690477

I think its an early PR Spitfire. Notice the very small tail flash.

Carlos

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PRU?

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Hi
You could be right I think I can make out a faint 'LY' code on the fuselage, and seems to have the modified canopy.
it might be the one that was later photographed on display ( germany) , think I saw the photos on the old lemb board
suprised ther are no bids ....
cheers
jerry

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Hi!
It looks like a PR "G" model, which has 133 gallons tank on the place of the machine guns which were deleted - on the bord of attack. ( Source: Spitfire by John Vader ); or it seems a PR IV which became operational in the beginning of 1942. If we had the date the photo was taken it would be very probable to trace down the serial and almost certainly the Luftwaffe ( IF it was shot down ) pilot who shot it down. Apparently it does not have any GUN damages, so probably engine problems?
Very nice photo indeed and hope you got it on e-bail, it is worth!
Cheers!
A. Baumgartner

PS: I am not a SPIT specialist, so excuse me if I did any mistake or miswrite something, ok? I just wrote what I know from the mentioned book above...

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PS2: The guy who saw the LY has good eyes! We can indeed discern the LY codes which belonged to 1 PRU Squadron based at Benson. BINGO! Good eyes, young hawk!
I had forgotten to post this too...

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Spitfire K9791, more informations and photos (including very this one) in Polish Wings #6 by Wojtek Matusiak.

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17 Aug 40, K9791, FS J D T Taylor-Gill POW. As Franek says, there is a page of photos of this aircraft at the end of Wojtek's book including this one. Shouldn't this be in the Allied as opposed to Luftwaffe Section!!??

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Great job of identification!

Now, what were the circumstances that caused F/S Taylor-Gill to crash land?

Carlos

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The engine had stopped as one blade is not bent back. If the engine was running, all 3 blades would have been bent.

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hello folks,
i asked the seller of the photo, paul1895, for details:
he read that the last digits of the serial might be ...91. the time of that emergency-landing is august 1940 and happend at montbray, france.
i suggest that the plane is k9791.
regards
yumimoto