Seeing that beautiful MkVIII in Clive "Killer" Caldwell's markings is a beautiful thing ♥️ You ripper, what a gorgeous warbird... "Pop" survived his 40 ops aboard a Lancaster MkI as Bomb-aimer/Navigator (depending on aircrew availability) serving with RAAF 467Sqdn with Bomber Command flying from RAF Binbrook... Kind regards from Lottie, Desiree, Gina, our mums, and dad, of course, here in coastal paradise at Tuckombil via Alstonville and East Ballina, 800km north of Sydney ex Maroubra. Maaate ✨️ 🤙
The relatively short nose of the Vickers Supermarine Spitfire at 1:06, yet with a newer propeller with 4 blades, suggests to me that it is a Mark (Mk.) V variant (pronounced mark 5). Interesting. I recognize the roundels on the Spitfire at 1:06 as the national insignia of the Netherlands.
That would be "Mark" spelt "Marque" as in MkV... ??? lol... we confirm the other reply that the bird is a MkIXe... ... and as the above reply correctly stated, wearing Czech markings old son... *e denotes wing-armament configuration, as in 1 × 20mm Hispano Cannon (outboard) and the AN/M2 .50 cal (inboard) on each wing. The MkVIII in Clive "Killer" Caldwell's markings is the C - wing configuration of the 20mm Hispano inboard and 2 × .303 Browning's outboard on each wing. *the main external difference between the (quite apart from wing armament arrangement) MkVIIIc and the MkIVe are the retractable rear wheel doors for a straight up easy recognition, both had the 4 - blade wooden Rotol propeller, whereas the older MkV had the 3 - bladed propeller. The exhaust outlets differed from MkV to the IX & VIII - as did the extended or "late" type air intake below the engine. As for your take on the "shorter" nose" - that's just plain incorrect, the MkIX & MkVIII had a longer nose due to the larger Merlin 61, 63, 66 & 70, equipped with the 2 - stage, 2 - speed supercharger, hence a longer nose - we strongly suggest you actually access some reference material and images to better assist your identification, you obviously have passion enough to comment, and it's so easy to access heaps of reference information & pics nowadays 😉 *the venerable MkIV was actually introduced prior to the MkVIII. *Beware, there is a rule of thumb about Spitfires... there is no rule about Spitfires lol... Best intended regards 😬 Maaate !!
@@christiankirkwood3402 A valuable aspect to yur comment is recognizing that there is more than one Spitfire variant shown in this video, and better yet, u identified the exact variant. I knew that the 4-bladed propeller came after Mk IIb so I incorrectly guessed Mk V. I find it suspicious that the abbreviation for the word "marque" is Mk, rather than Mq.
Seeing that beautiful MkVIII in Clive "Killer" Caldwell's markings is a beautiful thing ♥️
You ripper, what a gorgeous warbird...
"Pop" survived his 40 ops aboard a Lancaster MkI as Bomb-aimer/Navigator (depending on aircrew availability) serving with RAAF 467Sqdn with Bomber Command flying from RAF Binbrook...
Kind regards from Lottie, Desiree, Gina, our mums, and dad, of course, here in coastal paradise at Tuckombil via Alstonville and East Ballina, 800km north of Sydney ex Maroubra. Maaate ✨️ 🤙
Spits are beautiful. But the Hurricane was the workhorse.
The relatively short nose of the Vickers Supermarine Spitfire at 1:06, yet with a newer propeller with 4 blades, suggests to me that it is a Mark (Mk.) V variant (pronounced mark 5).
Interesting. I recognize the roundels on the Spitfire at 1:06 as the national insignia of the Netherlands.
It’s a IXe in its original Czech markings
That would be "Mark" spelt "Marque" as in MkV... ??? lol... we confirm the other reply that the bird is a MkIXe...
... and as the above reply correctly stated, wearing Czech markings old son...
*e denotes wing-armament configuration, as in 1 × 20mm Hispano Cannon (outboard) and the AN/M2 .50 cal (inboard) on each wing.
The MkVIII in Clive "Killer" Caldwell's markings is the C - wing configuration of the 20mm Hispano inboard and 2 × .303 Browning's outboard on each wing.
*the main external difference between the (quite apart from wing armament arrangement) MkVIIIc and the MkIVe are the retractable rear wheel doors for a straight up easy recognition, both had the 4 - blade wooden Rotol propeller, whereas the older MkV had the 3 - bladed propeller. The exhaust outlets differed from MkV to the IX & VIII - as did the extended or "late" type air intake below the engine. As for your take on the "shorter" nose" - that's just plain incorrect, the MkIX & MkVIII had a longer nose due to the larger Merlin 61, 63, 66 & 70, equipped with the 2 - stage, 2 - speed supercharger, hence a longer nose - we strongly suggest you actually access some reference material and images to better assist your identification, you obviously have passion enough to comment, and it's so easy to access heaps of reference information & pics nowadays 😉
*the venerable MkIV was actually introduced prior to the MkVIII.
*Beware, there is a rule of thumb about Spitfires... there is no rule about Spitfires lol...
Best intended regards 😬 Maaate !!
@@christiankirkwood3402
A valuable aspect to yur comment is recognizing that there is more than one Spitfire variant shown in this video, and better yet, u identified the exact variant.
I knew that the 4-bladed propeller came after Mk IIb so I incorrectly guessed Mk V.
I find it suspicious that the abbreviation for the word "marque" is Mk, rather than Mq.