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Thanks Mick! Figured it was worth a try! (ntx)
Posted by bdk on Sat Apr 06, 2002 11:27:06 AM
In reply top Spitfire floatplanes posted by MICK on Sat Apr 06, 2002 07:13:10 AM
: Five Spitfires were converted to floatplanes, one MkI, thr
: ee MkV, one MkIX.
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: Type 342, MkIA R6722,
: converted but never flew as floatplane, de-converted to no
: rmal MkIA spec, to 54Sqn, damaged by BF109, converted late
: r to MkVA spec, to Royal Navy as trainer, returned to RAF
: 30.01.45 and presumably scrapped.
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: Type 355, MkVB's W3760, EP751, EP754,
: sent to Great Bitter Lake,Egypt, saw no action, back to Bl
: ighty summer 44, all struck off charge 28.12.44 and presum
: ably scrapped.
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: Type 385, MkIX MJ892,
: used for trials at Beaumaris,Wales, de-converted to normal
: MkIX spec, struck off charge 22.11.45 and presumably scra
: pped.
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: So, no Brandon, good try but none sunk anywhere. However,
: if one had sunk in the Great Bitter Lake there would (prob
: ably)be virtually nothing left of it now as W3760 had to h
: ave a new tail section sent out from GB because corrosion
: was rife in the airframe.
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: Not much hope for anything else that may have been lost in
: the lake either, sadly.
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: TaTa
: Mick
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