An interesting story which reflects the "organic" adoption of really good ideas into mainstream military. In this case the relationship between the Australian entrepreneur and a serving RAF officer.
One pilot related that he would sit at 38000 ft keeping an eye on contrails and if any Luftwaffe came up he would just go to 40000ft+ and watch them fall away
Very pale, too. More a warm off-white. I think I read the mix was 1 pint red to four gallon white which results in a white with a trace of pink in there. RAF Museum colour chip is very hard to distinguish from white.
At the time the PR Spitfire was needed the RAF had no Lightenings to turn into photo recon aircraft. Over Europe the PR Spitfires were so good the 8th USAAF used them. No available aircraft was ideal. The RAF perfected the PR Spitfire thru iterations.
@@ricardobufo …. The 8th AF commander normally went along with RAF recommendations. The Royal Aircraft Establishment tests results had a big influence on what the 8th used.
The Americans have this love affair with the P-38 , great in the Pacific but crap in Europe . A failure as a fighter , not very good at PR , in some respects like myself , perform better in hot weather.
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The best PR plane of the War
Beautifully smooth PR wing. No bulges or protruding cannon or machine guns.
Some of the fastest Spits!
Excellent video for the PR Spitfires, you didn't mention the PR XI, will you include it to another video?
Yes. I’ll do ones covering the PR.IV and one on the PR.XI
An interesting story which reflects the "organic" adoption of really good ideas into mainstream military. In this case the relationship between the Australian entrepreneur and a serving RAF officer.
Very interesting. Photo recon isn't very glamorous, but imagine flying over Germany alone in a spit. It's quite the adventure
One pilot related that he would sit at 38000 ft keeping an eye on contrails and if any Luftwaffe came up he would just go to 40000ft+ and watch them fall away
Cotton was making a nuisance of himself and was replaced
A good many PR Spitfires were also painted in all-pink.
Very pale, too. More a warm off-white.
I think I read the mix was 1 pint red to four gallon white which results in a white with a trace of pink in there. RAF Museum colour chip is very hard to distinguish from white.
Thanks for this extra information.
@@whtalt92 If you want a full display of colour Schemes go to Morgan and Shacklady get a copy 16 pages with 8 planes /page
X4944 looks like it has a slightly different spinner.... More like the MkV... Could just be the photo angle....
It's the De Havilland spinner. Another example of it's use is the Mk.Vc Spitfires that were sent to Australia
I'll always revere the Spit but the Lockheed p38 was a better suited craft for rang, speed and altitude
At the time the PR Spitfire was needed the RAF had no Lightenings to turn into photo recon aircraft. Over Europe the PR Spitfires were so good the 8th USAAF used them. No available aircraft was ideal. The RAF perfected the PR Spitfire thru iterations.
the USAAF PR units replaced their P38s with PR Spitfires and then DH Mosquitos They must have had some idea of the relative merits 🙂
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@@ricardobufo …. The 8th AF commander normally went along with RAF recommendations. The Royal Aircraft Establishment tests results had a big influence on what the 8th used.
The Americans have this love affair with the P-38 , great in the Pacific but crap in Europe . A failure as a fighter , not very good at PR , in some respects like myself , perform better in hot weather.
Pressurised, extended wingtips and uprated boost Merlin engines??.. ;)
All of these except the pointed wings. I’ve not looked into the reason why even later PR spitfires never had extended wing tips.