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Terry37 | 08 Jan 2016 7:13 p.m. PST |
Does anybody know what Mark Spitfire is used in the scene where the POW truck is strafed in the movie The Desert Rats. YouTube link You can see it in the clip above and what you see there is all you get in the movie. It appears to be a clipped wing version, has D-Day stripes but I can't tell what Mark or if it is all machine gun or machine gun and cannon armed. Any help is appreciated. Terry |
Mark Barker | 09 Jan 2016 9:03 a.m. PST |
Definitive answer will be in here, but I have not got the book ! Flying Film Stars: The Directory of Aircraft in British World War Two Films Paperback – 26 Jun 2014 Twin identical radiators, does not look beefy enough in the nose for a Griffon, clipped wings, still flying in 1953 but before the warbird restoration boom after the Battle of Britain film in the 1960s. Best bet would be a LF IX or LF XVI. Impossible to split them out without a serial number. It will be MG and cannon armed (optical twinkling effects notwithstanding), the last all MG armed Spits was the MkVa and they had the early asymmetric radiator layout. The MkV was retired from service way before this film was made. Best I can do, but I bet the answer is in that book if anyone has it. Mark Barker |
Terry37 | 10 Jan 2016 11:30 a.m. PST |
Thanks Mark, I was thinking a IX as well. I had not heard of that book before, but in seeking a copy I believe I'll be passing – found on at a over 2K and another at over 4K!!!!! Yikes, that must be some great book at that price!!! Thanks again for he reply, Terry |
Mark Barker | 10 Jan 2016 2:18 p.m. PST |
Terry. Aha – I spy an Amazon silly price ! Still available from the publisher wingleader.co.uk for a rather less stratospheric £30.00 GBP and also via decent aviation booksellers/websites, at least in the UK. Best regards, Mark |
Terry37 | 10 Jan 2016 5:08 p.m. PST |
Thanks Mark, I may just have to pursue a copy for my library. I have collected pieces of aircraft from the wars and crash sites for years Terry |
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