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More Spitfire Questions

Posted by Mike Henniger on Tue Feb 05, 2002 07:15:22 PM

I mentioned before that I may have a few more Spitfire questions. My aircraft encyclopedia just doesn?t go into much detail, and my web surfing hasn?t satisfied my Spitfire curiosities. Sooo.... here are the Spitfire questions of which I am looking for answers?

#1 This one is likely to show my ignorance of British industry in WWII, and maybe even my lack of knowledge of British geography. I know of one location/name where Spitfires were built that is Castle Bromwich. Was Castle Bromwich actually a castle taken over by industry or was it a location name? Was Castle Bromwich as Vickers-Armstrong operation?

#2 Spitfires built at Castle Bromwich had construction numbers that began with ?CBAF?. Where were spitfires built that have construction numbers that began with ?6S?? Was this a Vickers-Armstrong operation as well?

#3 I found a source that gave the construction number for LA226 as SMAF.4371. Is this correct? If so where was it constructed?

#4 What is the construction number for R6923?

#5 What is the construction number for X4421?

#6 What is the construction number for MA793?

#7 What is the construction number for MJ755?

#8 What is the construction number for MK224?

#9 What is the construction number for MV308?

#10 What is the construction number for TE565?

#11 What is the construction number for VN485?

I thank-you in advance for any information that you can provide.

Regards,

Mike

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