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]6 otobel 1939 spitfirc of N' 60
squdln imed the first German
airrf1 to b destroed over lhe U in
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sweeps ove oupird
urope, d the iifst to serve ove.se8s
wle sitfiie N4k vs .|own to lal
frorn |-]s
fuieon
7 |\4rh ]942.
soGn 'ter ttrt dte the sme mrk
ws rationl in thidd|e Est' nd
by e.ly ]94 te
'i[st
sit1ire Mk Vs
wele .riving in the Pili lhoatr6' ln
growing numbe.s and with incteasi.g
apbilil th sitfire se|vid lhrough.
oUt Wor|d Wa. |.. not on|ywith thAF
ut with the nation.s ||ios. inluding
Us nd soviet squdrorrs' lt also hd
the distitio of lemiining in
podution
throlgholl th6 entire wr
8d Was opeitioft|
ost.war,
the lst
mission flown by
oto{oomissne
spitfile PR'Mk 19 of No.81 squd.on
in Maly on l April 1 954.
he sucess o1 the Wkel se
lllin s
eated
by the F|eet Air
A'm from RoYl NavY a]rrft.lfie.s
resulted in development of the
suprmalioe seiile' the filst over-
sions from spitfil |\,1k vBs being ar
ried out by Ai. servi ra!nin9 at
mb|e' mprhi.. |nitial de'.vrios of
th rosulting s6'irk l bogan in
J ary 1942, nd the rye !s used in
growing numbers o{ difiel6nt mlks
throughout th w. se.fie Mk 47s of
No' 800 squd.o served with distin.
tion in the Korean Wr, nd whn
scatires wor withdlaw llom lfont-
lin6 seNiq the tye rcmined oe.e
tionsI with t.iing sq!drons and
Rt'wR ai. qudfos onti! 1967. ,
Speifiation: supermlie
sefir F.k 15 single.se{
a.rieo.ne f ighteomber
sp.: 11.2m
(36lt
10in)
lcngth: 9'2] m
(0ft
2.5in)
Pow.rp|.t: 1Rol|s.oye Grjffon
V| , 179kW {1.850 hp)
A]m.mot: 220-mm anoon nd
47,7.mm {0,0-in)
mhin6uns,
plus
rovis.on
for 1227-ks
(500.lb}
o 2x11-kg {250.lb)
bombs
Itil'x /o woight: 629 k9
(8.000tb)
!x !pgd:
38
mph t 1'500 it
rope|l er
end (and c|lo.lae) wings
upUa.ds to feale dihd|
Withoot doubt the best knwn I ilish
ailraft,of Wold Wal | ], lhe
su6.rns]io sitliro oliginted
fiom lhe vP 224 desigd by , J .
ithe I to meet the rquirrt]ents of
sBeifition F'7/0. A anti|ever lov..
w]ng monlne of {|fietal onst-ltion,
it hd an inveted.gUI l wing nd
.lrolsered,
fied maio ]nding gel, 'rd
ws
oweld
by a 447-kW l60hp]
Rl|s-RYe Goshwk ll vee eg1e-
Whn the y6 224 ws testd its
eform8ne loved
disaoi.ting, nd
it ws o more su6ssful thn n ot
the othel sUbmissios lo this
spifi'tjn; no of thm
gind
an
Ail Minisw ontrat.
Giv. flee hnd to desiln a new
singlo.set figl,ltei unfttered by oifiiai
speiti.tions, litchei! outlined on his
drwiflg bord th6 de[ghtlullypo 3,
sm|l' siekel nd th dragi1educing
retrtble lsdig ge., it ws tailord
ud the ew ol|s-y P'v.]2
lrrlin) egine; the Wings were not
only ol dilitiv ell;plil sh, but
they ioused ight machine{uns, ll of
thrn
'iling
outside th
rpeller
dis'
A]r lvlinist.y seifition F.6134 ws
dlwn U9 lound the e 00 nd
lototye
ws rdered' his
(5054}
ws
wrd
b a 78-kW {90}hp)
|!9oye l4er|in
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nd flew for ihe
first time on 5 alh ]936,
omprtively |itt'e f|ight lesting ws
needd t on'i.m il s wisr. nd
its sue hndlig qu|ities
nd
per|o.
mne rosu|ted in lilst contlct |'o.
10 sitfi.. k l si.rs't) being
wrdd n J une 1936, owevr,
lannrd
mass
dutioil
w slow to
gin mometum nd it was ot lntil
J ul 1938 that the {i.s| spit'iro k I
hod No' 19 squdron l Dufordj
on| live had been de|ive.ed by |he
time f the lgih risis in stember
of tht
r.
Ut the trikl ws vent]"
|lY to b6ome flod tht totalled
20,334 sitfires and 2,556 le|ated new.
bui|d s..fi ovaI tightefs, A d.ee
of mUltilole bility ws to lesu]t
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flm the dveloment of |\'.hitude
cl]p wings iplefi LF}, nd high|ti
tude iresed-sp wings iHi, the
stdrd wig beig identified s ,
d with vitions of almment Within
se wig om.isig eight mhine
glns (suffix
A]' two cn nd fou'
mhinguns iB). tou. non {} nd
two nnon. two 12-7.mm {0'5.inl
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lb) f bombs
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