File:Supermarine Spitfire F I (50100981411).jpg
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[edit]DescriptionSupermarine Spitfire F I (50100981411).jpg | Supermarine Spitfire F I at the RAF Museum, Cosford, Shropshire, 8 July 2020. This aircraft is the oldest surviving Spitfire and was one of the first production batch built, first flying in April 1939. It was allocated to 72 'Basutoland' Sqd. at Church Fenton, which re-equipped from Gloster Gladiators. It was flown by the legendary Fg. Off. James Nicholson, the only member of Fighter Command to win a VC in WWII. The aircraft flew numerous combat sorties including missions over Dunkirk in 1940. In June, following a patrol over the Channel, it suffered a forced, wheels-up landing at Gravesend and, after repair, was withdrawn from front line duties, serving in training squadrons thereafter. K9942 has been superbly restored to how it was in September 1939 on the outbreak of war. It has had refitted a flat sided canopy rather than a 'Malcolm' blown one, the armoured windscreen removed, metal ailerons replaced by fabric ones, a ring and bead site replacing the reflector gunsight, hand pump undercarriage lever fitted, and pilot's seat modified to original condition. Evidence of battle damage was discovered in the restoration process. The camouflage scheme is original too: dark green and dark earth upper surfaces, port half of undersurfaces black, starboard half white to dissuade friendly fire from Allied troops (but it also helped German troops identify the aircraft as British!), no fin flash and no yellow surround to fuselage roundel. That was introduced when it became apparent that pilots could not easily identify RAF aircraft in the air. The bright yellow surround did that - but it also aided the Germans at the same time! |
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Source | Supermarine Spitfire F I |
Author | Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham, UK |
Camera location | 52° 38′ 31.28″ N, 2° 18′ 33.08″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 52.642021; -2.309188 |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by hugh llewelyn at https://flickr.com/photos/58433307@N08/50100981411. It was reviewed on 11 July 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0. |
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Camera manufacturer | NIKON CORPORATION |
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Camera model | NIKON D5300 |
Exposure time | 1/125 sec (0.008) |
F-number | f/5.6 |
ISO speed rating | 800 |
Date and time of data generation | 12:22, 8 July 2020 |
Lens focal length | 24 mm |
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File change date and time | 12:22, 8 July 2020 |
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Date and time of digitizing | 12:22, 8 July 2020 |
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Color space | sRGB |
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Focal length in 35 mm film | 36 mm |
Scene capture type | Standard |
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