And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Evidently that Spitfire is a MkV. It has twin 20mm cannon (extremely rare on MkI), a somewhat extended fuselage forward of the cockpit for its engine (larger than the MkI/II engines), distinctive windscreen, fishtail exhausts, and a spinner different from the spinners on MkI/II.
Most likely a Seafire Mk I, the first Seafires were Spitfire MkVBs with an A frame arrestor hook added. The landing gear was not robust enough for carrier landings so Grumman Wildcats (called Martlets in the RN) and Hellcats and Vought Corsairs replaced the Seafire as they became available. Al_in_Ottawa
Evidently that Spitfire is a MkV. It has twin 20mm cannon (extremely rare on MkI), a somewhat extended fuselage forward of the cockpit for its engine (larger than the MkI/II engines), distinctive windscreen, fishtail exhausts, and a spinner different from the spinners on MkI/II.
ReplyDeleteMost likely a Seafire Mk I, the first Seafires were Spitfire MkVBs with an A frame arrestor hook added. The landing gear was not robust enough for carrier landings so Grumman Wildcats (called Martlets in the RN) and Hellcats and Vought Corsairs replaced the Seafire as they became available.
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