Category: Aircraft
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Swedish Spitfire
Supermarine S.31 Spitfire, 31040/60 of Flottilj 11, Swedish Flygvapnet, Nykoping, July 1955 This is the second part of a 2 part effort to clear my shelves of the MPM PR XIX kits I have. The first part was the interim and unpressurized PR XIX (Type 389) delivered in mid-‘44. This is one the standard pressurized…
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Mk XIX for D-Day
Spitfire PR XIX, 541 Squadron, RAF, RM643/Z, 1944 This was part of a 2 kit build where I decided to take the two MPM PR XIX kits I had and build one as an early unpressurized type 389 and the other as the pressurized type 390. The Subject By 1944 high altitude PR missions flown…
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American Hack
Spitfire F.VIII, JF470/HL*R, 308th FS, 31st FG Italy 1944 The Subject This is an early Mk VIII, first flying in May 1943. By June it was in North Africa and moved to Fano, Italy in late 1943. According to records, it had the standard Merlin 63, which means it was not an LF.MkVIII even though…