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  2. Supermarine Spitfire variants: specifications, performance ...

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    K9795, the 9th production Mk I, with 19 Squadron. Spitfire LF Mk Vb of 316 (Polish) "Warszawski" Squadron. This Spitfire has the "cropped" Merlin 45 series engine and the "clipped" wings. The British Supermarine Spitfire was one of the most popular fighter aircraft of the Second World War. The basic airframe proved to be extremely adaptable ...

  3. Spitfire Mark I - Wikipedia

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    The Spitfire Mark I was a utility helicopter built in the United States in the late 1970s and intended for series production. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In essence, the Mark I was an Enstrom F-28 that was modified to use an Allison 250 turboshaft engine and geared transmission in place of the original piston engine and system of vee belts. [ 4 ]

  4. Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin-powered variants) - Wikipedia

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    Media related to Supermarine Spitfire Mark II at Wikimedia Commons Spitfire Mk IIa P7666 of 41 Squadron. P7666 "Observer Corps" was flown by Squadron Leader Donald Finlay; Finlay shot down two Bf 109s in P7666 in November 1940. In the summer of 1939 an early Mk I K9788 was fitted with a new version of the Merlin, the XII.

  5. List of surviving Supermarine Spitfires - Wikipedia

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    Spitfire F Mk.XIVe RM747 [40] In storage at Vintage Wings of Canada, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. RM747 served with No.322 (Dutch) Sqdn, No.350 (Belgian) Sqdn, No.451 (Australian) Sqdn, before serving with the Royal Thai Air Force as serial number Kh.14-5/93. During the 1980s it was part of a playground at Sawankalok, Thailand. [41] Spitfire Mk ...

  6. Category:Supermarine Spitfire - Wikipedia

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    Spitfire 944; Supermarine Speed Spitfire; Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin-powered variants) Supermarine Spitfire (Griffon-powered variants) Supermarine Spitfire (late Merlin-powered variants) Supermarine Spitfire operational history; Supermarine Spitfire prototype K5054; Supermarine Spitfire variants: specifications, performance and armament

  7. Supermarine Spitfire - Wikipedia

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    Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XIIs of 41 Squadron in April 1944. Operation Firedog during the Malayan Emergency saw the Spitfire fly over 1,800 operational sorties against the Malayan Communists. [159] The last operational sortie of an RAF Spitfire was flown on 1 April 1954, by PS888 a PR Mk 19 Spitfire of 81 Squadron.

  8. Supermarine Spitfire (late Merlin-powered variants) - Wikipedia

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    The early Spitfire variants powered by the Rolls-Royce Griffon were adaptations of Mk Vc (early Mk XII) or Mark VIII (late Mk XII and Mk XIV) airframes. The later Griffon-engined Spitfire variants embodied new wings, tail units and undercarriages and were very different from any of the earlier Spitfire marks.

  9. No. 340 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia

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    No. 340 (Free French) Squadron RAF was formed at RAF Turnhouse in Scotland on 7 November 1941 as part of Le Groupe de Chasse IV/2 (Fighter Group 4-2) "Île-de-France". The squadron was first equipped with Supermarine Spitfire Mk I fighters and consisted of two flights - A Flight ("Paris") and B Flight ("Versailles").