AIR ENTHUSIAST - article - Spitfires Burma

[DavidIsby]

A few years ago AIR ENTHUSIAST quarterly had an article describing the last air-to-air combat by a Spitfire.

It was by the air force of Burma, in the 1950s, using an ex-Israeli Spitfire IX.
The target was a PB4Y-2 flown by the Chinese Nationalists, overflying Burmese territory to resupply KMT groups in the north.

Can anyone provide a reference to this article (title, author, issue) or, better yet, a copy?

thanks,
David Isby

[PeterA]

That sounds suspiciously like the Noel Peters incident with Seafury UB466.

The Spitfire connection may be the use of the back end of a Mk IX Spitfire in the diorama of the incident in the Defence Services Museum in Rangoon.

PeterA

[bearoutwest]

Issue 71, September/October 1997
Burmese Lions: British Fighter Exports to Burma by Peter R Arnold and Ken Ellis (1 col profile);

Issue 72, November/December 1997
Feedback & comments

Index (searchable)
http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/mags/uk/air_enthusiast.htm

Article seems to be more about BurmeseAF Sea Fury incident, rather than Spitfires.

Regards,
...geoff

[PeterA]

I thought it sounded familiar.

PeterA

[bearoutwest]

If you'retill looking for a copy:
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Book...%3D57%26y%3D16