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Default Re: British OOB7 corrections/suggestions (v.6)

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Originally Posted by Pibwl View Post


350, I wouldn't expect wasting such precious fighter for MG-strafing, BTW, especially for Mk.IA.

352 Spitfire MkVIII - it's better to rename it Mk.V C - most popular at that time, and used with bombs since 8/42 (date is correct). First VIIIs were built in 11/42 and were less popular variant.

353 Spitfire Mk.IXe - "e" wing with 2 cannons and 2x0.5in appeared in summer 44 only (now 3/43) [The Spitfire Story]
Michal

Unit 350
The Spitfire Mk Ia was not designed to carry bombs, so if we want Spitfires for Sea Lion or Dunkirk we have to resort to desperate strafing.

Unit 352
The Mk VIII was the third most produced Spitfire after the Mk V and the Mk IX. It's less well known because it was mostly used in the Mediterranean and SE Asia, which SPWW2 covers.
Many Spitfire pilots claim the Mk VIII was the best Spitfire.

Perhaps the primary reason not to change the Mk VIII to a Mk V is because the OOB already has a Mk V (see unit 351). The OOB has one each of the five most famous/common Spitfires.

Unit 353
For errors that are not obvious or well documented we should check several sources.

The first Mk IX were delivered in 1942 to No.64 Squadron at Hornchurch, and was the first squadron to go operational with Spitfire IX on 28 July 1942; but these would have been Mk IXc.

There's plenty of sources that say the IXe was delivered in 1943
Here's three Spitfire Mk IXe that still exist today that were apparently delivered in 1943:

Spitfire Mk IXe PL344 Registration N644TB Delivered to 8 MU in March 1943

Spitfire Mk IXe WR-RR serial MA793 This aircraft was produced at Castle Bromwich in 1943 and was delivered to 6 MU RAF on 21 July 1943.
It was shipped to the Mediterranean on 5 August 1943 and was operated by the Mediterranean Allied AF till transferred to USAAF 31 October 1943.

Spitfire HF Mk IXe MJ730 Registration N730MJ - First flight by Alex Henshaw 10 December 1943. Delivered to 33 MU in December 1943, MJ730 served with 249 Squadron in the Balkan Air Force

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