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Re: Photographs of Spitfire MV-459 's remains from Ambala

Posted by Tom on Sat Feb 22, 2003 06:49:06 AM

In reply top Photographs of Spitfire MV-459 's remains from Ambala posted by Jagan on Sat Feb 22, 2003 02:06:12 AM

Hi Jagan, just looked through the pics of '459,thankyou, well done and they're very nice to see. I'm sure that the picture of the 'supercharger' is in fact the main engine oil filter unit, bolted onto the port side engine bearer usually, if my memory serves me correctly. It seems that little of the supercharger itself has survived looking at the pic of the engine itself and others, maybe this was the cause of the engine failure and was removed along with the cylinder block by the recovery team in '47? Otherwise it looks very interesting and has some much larger intact sections thaan some of the rebuilds taking place around the world have started with, I hope she goes to a good home.

Tom ;)

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