Spitfire L1007
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model: Iafactory: EA
engine: MIII
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FF 15-6-39 AMDP 21-6-39 2x20mm cannon install VA AAEE 21-6-39 hand and perf trls 603Sq 'XT-K' AFDU 10-39 65Sq 5-11-39 609Sq 18-4-40 as proto MkIB 72Sq Drem shot down Heinkel over Scotland 1-40 ? Landed on top of L1085 on landing Drem 15-5-40 SOC CE 28-5-40* for acronyms please see source: Spitfire Production
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by: Red Dragon Spitfire L1007 2017-04-27 18:57:22
In December 1938, Joseph Smith was instructed to prepare a scheme to equip a Spitfire with a single Hispano mounted under each wing. Smith objected to the idea and designed an installation in which the cannon were mounted on their sides within the wing, with only small external blisters on the upper and lower wing surfaces covering the 60 round drum magazine. The first Spitfire armed with a single Hispano in each wing was L1007 which was posted to Drem in January 1940 for squadron trials. On 13 January, this aircraft, piloted by Plt Off Proudman of 602 Squadron took part in an engagement when a Heinkel He 111 was shot down.
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