Spitfire P9374 Article Aeroplane June 2008

[Spitfire 9]

One more......

Another Spitfire beach photo, this one again with the usual center section burnt out, all three blades bent back, so the engine was probably dead at the landing
Aircraft is lying along the beach, camera shot is toward the sea so, no reference points.
Only the a/c letter B is clear.......any ideas please ?

Mervyn.

[Peter Cornwell]

Mervyn,

Sorry but with the best will in the world it is difficult to even hazard a guess at the identity of your photographs from a description alone. Incidentally I was wrong to say that BUSHELL set fire to his aircraft after his crash-landing on May 23, 1940. Having since checked his account he reported that the aircraft was already on fire when he put her down. Either way it burned out, so your photograph of GR*Z (N3194) was not taken that day & it may well have carried the new QJ codes.

[Andy Saunders]

Originally Posted by Spitfire 9

One more......

Another Spitfire beach photo, this one again with the usual center section burnt out, all three blades bent back, so the engine was probably dead at the landing
Aircraft is lying along the beach, camera shot is toward the sea so, no reference points.
Only the a/c letter B is clear.......any ideas please ?

Mervyn.

As Peter Corwell says, its pretty impossble to identify from a description of a photo - however good the description! That said, your description of Spitfire "B" sounds very much like Al Deere's KL-B, Kiwi I. Quite a well known pic. But without seeing it........!

Andy

[Spitfire 9]

Originally Posted by Andy Saunders

As Peter Corwell says, its pretty impossble to identify from a description of a photo - however good the description! That said, your description of Spitfire "B" sounds very much like Al Deere's KL-B, Kiwi I. Quite a well known pic. But without seeing it........!

Andy

Andy,

I am quite happy to mail you a copy if you wish ? (I hope we haven't hi-jacked the original post too much!!)

Mervyn.