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Post by corsair5517 on Oct 11, 2022 16:17:08 GMT 12
My fathers' stuff has given us this little gem; ... and given that Dad didn't fly Spitfires, nor did he serve in Europe, we're scratching our heads about this one…  68224404-CDD2-401D-B116-C34C9C5A1A23 by John Stokes, on Flickr Any help would be appreciated... |
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Post by camtech on Oct 11, 2022 19:22:16 GMT 12
Unfortunately, without a Photobucket account, I can't see the image - just wants me to join up and pay!
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Oct 11, 2022 20:23:08 GMT 12
Yep...what he said. Money-driven rogues
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Post by corsair5517 on Oct 11, 2022 21:15:18 GMT 12
Miserable bastards, aren’t they?!?
Fixed, chaps…
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Post by planecrazy on Oct 12, 2022 7:15:08 GMT 12
Great picture, has a slipper tank so something long range or ferry flight,
also noticed she looks like she has the gauze over the intake so rough
feild work perhaps?
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Post by tbf2504 on Oct 12, 2022 7:51:54 GMT 12
Looks like a desert scheme. The white band around the rear fuselage and the underwing roundel indicate a mid-war finish
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Post by gibbo on Oct 12, 2022 8:28:03 GMT 12
Great picture, has a slipper tank so something long range or ferry flight, also noticed she looks like she has the gauze over the intake so rough feild work perhaps? Recently read Colin Gray's book about his time including North Africa where he stated their Spitties used slipper tanks & gauze & other 'homemade' covers over the intake (which incredibly they had rigged up to allow them to drop-off after takeoff as they didn't have anything supplied with the aircraft & the sand was mostly sucked in on taxi & takeoff. But the uniforms donlt look in the slightest like 'desert' ones so maybe they were crew in transit somewhere... or conversely the aircraft was in transit... SEAC? |
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Post by gibbo on Oct 12, 2022 8:32:44 GMT 12
My fathers' stuff has given us this little gem; ... and given that Dad didn't fly Spitfires, nor did he serve in Europe, we're scratching our heads about this one… 68224404-CDD2-401D-B116-C34C9C5A1A23 by John Stokes, on Flickr Any help would be appreciated... I assume therefore that you can confirm your Dad is clearly in the photo? If so then think about where he did serve. I only ask if he's in the photo as I have a bunch of wartime photos from my late Uncle's collection when he was an armourer during BoB etc but they aren't all ones he took so it could be a photo he was given. |
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Post by angelsonefive on Oct 12, 2022 14:59:34 GMT 12
Mark Vc in " Temperate " paint scheme. The fuselage band is, in my opinion, the " Sky " ( light blue/green ) Fighter Command band with matching spinner. The Fighter Command band was only carried in the UK as far as I know.
The item on the front of the air intake is an ice guard.
The auxiliary tank is a bit of a puzzle. Suggests ops in an area where extended patrols were needed, but enemy fighters were not expected to be encountered. The Orkney Islands maybe ?
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Post by corsair5517 on Oct 12, 2022 15:47:41 GMT 12
I assume therefore that you can confirm your Dad is clearly in the photo? If so then think about where he did serve. I only ask if he's in the photo as I have a bunch of wartime photos from my late Uncle's collection when he was an armourer during BoB etc but they aren't all ones he took so it could be a photo he was given. No… Dad didn’t serve in Europe, or on Spitfires. At all. I do know he had a friend who was killed flying Spitfires somewhere in Europe, but that’s all I know… |
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