8*23-19 Garand Picture of the Day

[Bob Seijas]

A candidate for the prettiest plane ever built. The old pilots used to say that if it looked good, it would fly good. The Spit sure typified that.

[browningautorifle]

the prettiest plane ever built

For sure the later models.

[Bob Womack]

The local Spit Mk.IX


This one was built at the Castle Bromwich Factory near Birmingham in December of 1943. It flew bomber escort missions during the Italian and Southern France campaigns. Later it was rescued from an Israeli playground where the kids were crawling over it and was restored to museum and flying condition by the Fighter Factory.



Bob

[Bob Seijas]

"The last of the Spitfires"

There were later ones than the MK17, like the Mark XIX versions with 5-bladed prop and even two counter-rotating 4s.

[browningautorifle]

the Mark XIX versions with 5-bladed prop and even two counter-rotating 4s.

Yes...I was witness to one flying over our main highway here flanked by Harvards about 25 years back. No idea who or why...it had clipped wing ends and counter rotating props. Very evident...