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[Dr Jekyll]

Probably in better shape than the Burmese Spitfires though.

http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp...

[Simpo Two]

Were they two-seaters or has the Mail just cocked up?

[Dr Jekyll]

Simpo Two said:

Were they two-seaters or has the Mail just cocked up?

Single seaters apparently, the Mail just found a picture of anything with a propeller on the front.

[dr_gn]

My God! I found a P-47 Thunderbolt in the Peak District a few years ago:



Maybe I should give Duxford a call and tell them not to throw that green paint away just yet...?

[CanAm]

Simpo Two said:

Were they two-seaters or has the Mail just cocked up?

As Eric will tell you, the RAF never had any two-seater Spitfires. The photo is a recent one of a MkIX, probably ex-Irish Air Corps. The Mk 22 (if that's what the wrecks are) looks nothing like that, having a Griffon engine and bubble-hood.

[SimonV8ster]

How can that be seriously worth 'tens of thousands of pounds' ? What can be salvaged from it ? A couple of badges maybe ?

[CanAm]

SimonV8ster said:

How can that be seriously worth 'tens of thousands of pounds' ? What can be salvaged from it ? A couple of badges maybe ?

You can't build a new Spitfire, but you can "rebuild" a crashed one.

[mickrick]

I found this on Lord Howe Island a few years back. Obviously not a Spitfire.
Maybe I should have stuffed the bits into my backpack?

[dr_gn]

mickrick said:

I found this on Lord Howe Island a few years back. Obviously not a Spitfire.
Maybe I should have stuffed the bits into my backpack?

Catalina according to a quick Google.

[Simpo Two]

Funny how memory works. I saw 'Lord Howe Island' and thought - 'Tasman Sea > hard-to-find waypoint > Francis Chichester'

www.gileschichestermep.org.uk/francis-chichester_c...