Wow, but I thought it was going to be the WW II Typhoon, the rocket loaded tank hunter.. One of my other favourite planes after the Spitfire and the incredible wooden wonder, the Mosquito. Then the Lancaster and the Blenheim night fighter version with it's array of radar aerials up front.
Any of you heard of the Hornet ? Mini Mosquito. Google that little late to the fray aircraft.
or is it a IXe ???
According to my book, the XIVe was a Griffon engine with 5 blade prop and retractable tailwheel, but then again, it had many variants.
Only the Merlin engine variants.
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The outboard cannons are the give away for the Packard Mk XVI.
Just for my info, ( as i remembered reading about this before, and just rechecked ), i thought the outboard cannons simply meant it had an "E" wing, and didn't necessarily link it to a specific model of spit??
Andrew,
Only the Mk XVI had the outboard cannons.
The C wing and E wing were structurally identical.
It's thought the XVIE terminology came into common usage with the low back variant.
Gday Ken
My book must be wrong then
as it notes the outboard cannon were on all "E" wings ( which were fitted to several variants, not just the XVI ), and the main difference between the IXe and XVIe was the XVIe used a packard merlin, not a rolls.
Even found they make a model of the IXe with outboard cannons :-) http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/i...e-eduard-1144/
My book lists all the the serial nos made, so will see if i can dig up more info on the "E" wing
Andrew
(Sounds like your talking about "Spitfire The History" by Morgan and Shacklady. A good overview book but there are much better technical references available)
