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16th October 2010, 12:15
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Re: Spitfire serial number ?
The aircraft is an early Mk.Vc operated by 249 Sq, who did prefer the dark colour scheme, and was almost certainly delivered in Operation Calendar or Bowery. I have three possibilities, all Calendar deliveries.
BR242 I have listed as 249A, and a Calendar delivery. Later MK-A BP955 I also have listed as 249A, later X-A, but originally J of 601 Sq. This is probably the aircraft seen in the photographs of Denis Barnham, when it was still fitted with all four cannon. BR190 was delivered as 2A, I don't have a unit allocation so probably not 249 Sq. Many of these Spitfires are not recorded with squadron codes, so it is impossible to be definite from the information I have. There may be other possibilities. Of the three, I'd favour the first. 
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