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Re: Some Spitfire Questions
Posted by alanl on Mon Feb 04, 2002 03:43:53 PM
In reply top Some Spitfire Questions posted by Mike Henniger on Mon Feb 04, 2002 12:36:21 PM
: Hi All,
: I think the order of the codes is 'av.h' battle of britain movie,'zd,b'after purchace by R.Hanna consortium at auction,'ck.d' for filming of'Perfect Hero' tv series.Before the Hanna's bought the aircraft it wore the codes 'ac.s'! when owned Adrian Swire for many years. Hope this helps.
Alan.
: I don?t have a good source of information for Spitfire, sp
: ecifically their models, and serial and construction numbe
: rs. I was hoping people here could answer a few miscellan
: eous questions for me.
:
: #1 MA793 is (or was) marked as EN398. What model was EN3
: 98?
:
: #2 MH434 is owned by the Old Flying Machine Company. Fro
: m what I can tell it had a number of paint schemes over th
: e years including the markings ?ZD B?, ?AV H? and ?CK D?.
: Does anyone know the chronology of the schemes?
:
: #3 MH592 is on display at the Yugoslav Aeronautical Museu
: m. It is (or was) marked at JK808. Is JK808 a valid RAF
: Spitfire s/n? If so, what model was JK808?
:
: #4 NH649 belongs to the War and Resistance Museum in the
: Netherlands. It once was belonged to, or was operated by,
: the Indian Air Force. What was the IAF serial number ass
: igned to this airframe?
:
: #5 NH799 was once operated by the Alpine Fighter Collecti
: on in New Zealand. It too once belonged to, or was operat
: ed by, the Indian Air Force. What was the IAF serial numb
: er assigned to this airframe?
:
: #6 I have an old post card (Valentine's Post Card 38A-29C
: ) that features Spitfire P9450. I don?t know if it surviv
: ed the war or what it?s fate was. I assume it is a Mk II.
: What was the exact model of P9450? (Mk IIb for example)
:
:
: If you have any answers to these questions please let me k
: now?
:
: Regards,
:
: Mike