Spitfire crash Biggin Hill

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Reports from Biggin Hill that spitfire MK912 has crashed after an engine failure, reports that the pilot is ok and has been taken to hospital.

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Smollet said:

He's ok. Engine failure and crash landed.

Thanks for filling in the gaps

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Smollet said:

ecsrobin said:

Thanks for filling in the gaps

Your report was very sketchy or did I just look at the picture and not read the text

And fourwheeldrift just read the text and not the photo

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That's odd or is it an add blocker?

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It spent many years as a gate guardian before being returned to Flight so it shouldn't be to much of an issue to do it once more.

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Eric Mc said:

CAPP0 said:

Certainly the one which overflies me in NW Kent almost daily has the black & white stripes under the wings (I know there is a technical term for those, someone cleverer than me will fill in that gap )

D -Day stripes - painted on aircraft taking part in the D-Day operation in an attempt to minimise friendly fire incidents.

I believe the correct term is "invasion stripes"

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Eric Mc said:

ecsrobin said:

Eric Mc said:

CAPP0 said:

Certainly the one which overflies me in NW Kent almost daily has the black & white stripes under the wings (I know there is a technical term for those, someone cleverer than me will fill in that gap )

D -Day stripes - painted on aircraft taking part in the D-Day operation in an attempt to minimise friendly fire incidents.

I believe the correct term is "invasion stripes"

Yes, they are - but they were specifically used for the D-Day invasion. A slightly different ersion did exist for ID purposes earlier in the war but this Spitfire is painted to represent an aircraft used on D-Day. A few months after D-Day, the order went out to remove sections of the stripings so aircraft continued to wear a reduced version of the markings up to and beyond Arnhem.

Black and white stripes were also used in Korea and black and yellow) stripes were used during the Suez crisis.

And for single engined aircraft the stripes are narrower than multi engine.

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The thing that annoys me about aircraft running invasion stripes is the paint shops perfection in making straight lines and smooth paint.