 | Spitfire Mk 3| Aircraft Requests Discuss Spitfire Mk 3 in the Aviation forums; I heard that for specific mks the V was the most produced then the mk IX. The mk XVI doesn'... |
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05-11-2006, 10:55 AM
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| I heard that for specific mks the V was the most produced then the mk IX. The mk XVI doesn't feature. | 
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01-09-2007, 04:03 PM
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| I think the devepment team went a bit crazy with the mark numbers after the mark IV which was the next sensible developement | |
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01-12-2007, 01:28 PM
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#18 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | how and what do you mean? most of the mark numbers were used on the spit, few were skipped...........
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01-13-2007, 12:18 PM
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| Um well there are a couple of examples but the best one is the
MK XII to XVIII I mean it doesn't make sense
the XII was an early Griffon mark
the XIII and low-level photographic reconasence fighter version of the mk V
the XIV was a two-stage Griffon mark.
XV was a Navalised XII (Seafire)
XVI was a IX with Packard merlin
XVII was a development of the XV with Teardrop Hood
and the XVIII was a refined version of the XIV.
A bit of a miss match really | |
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01-20-2007, 08:54 AM
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Country:  | Not to mention the MK IV, which was a griffon engined prototype, being redesignated MK XX, while the MK IV designation was re-used for the PR.IV, an unarmed variant gets me confused all the time 
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01-21-2007, 03:02 AM
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01-21-2007, 08:29 PM
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Country:  | The variant numbers were all due to time rather than simple modification. I.e. the Mk.VIII hit the drawing board and was being developed before the Mk.IX, though the IX entered service before the VIII.
Btw, the Mk.V production hit about 6,479 while the Mk.IX hit 5,665. The third most common was my fave, the Mk.VIII, at 1,658.
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01-23-2007, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass  i'm fortunate in having quite a definitive list in a book of mine............ | Me too, but it already falls apart because of all the times I had to look it up 
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01-23-2007, 02:19 PM
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01-23-2007, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass i rarely get around to/need to look at it much......... | But you are of British of course 
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01-23-2007, 02:41 PM
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#26 | | Master of Ewes
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01-23-2007, 02:42 PM
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01-23-2007, 02:53 PM
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#28 | | Master of Ewes
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01-23-2007, 03:02 PM
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01-23-2007, 03:04 PM
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