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Re: More Spitfire Questions
Posted by Bruce Gordon on Wed Feb 06, 2002 10:18:57 AM
In reply top 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 que
: stions. My aircraft encyclopedia just doesn?t go into muc
: h 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 ind
: ustry in WWII, and maybe even my lack of knowledge of Brit
: ish geography. I know of one location/name where Spitfire
: s were built that is Castle Bromwich. Was Castle Bromwich
: actually a castle taken over by industry or was it a loca
: tion name? Was Castle Bromwich as Vickers-Armstrong opera
: tion?
Its a location name - the factory now produces the Jaguar S-Type.
:
: #2 Spitfires built at Castle Bromwich had construction nu
: mbers that began with ?CBAF?. Where were spitfires built
: that have construction numbers that began with ?6S?? Was
: this a Vickers-Armstrong operation as well?
CBAF - Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory
6S refers to aircraft or components built at Southampton
:
: #3 I found a source that gave the construction number for
: LA226 as SMAF.4371. Is this correct? If so where was i
: t constructed?
SMAF - South Marston Aircraft Factory
:
Hope this helps too!
Bruce