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Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XIX |
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Scale 1:33 |
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Author: Evgeniy Polovinnik |
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File Size: 13.1Mb |
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Spitfire PR Mk XIX
2 Squadron RAF, Flight B
Wunsfort, Germany 1950
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Price $10.00 |
Model # 040_1 |
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Spitfire Mk XIX
RAF, Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
152 Squadron markings
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Model # 040_3 |
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for Shipping & Handling. One charge per order. |
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Technical data: |
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Length |
9.96 m |
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Span |
11.23 m |
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Engine |
Rolls Royce Griffon 65, 2,050hp |
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Max Speed |
721 km/h |
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Crew |
1 |
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The Mk 19 was the last and greatest
photographic reconnaissance variant of the Spitfire. It combined
features of the Mk XI with the Griffon engine of the Mk XIV. After the
first 25 were produced, later aircraft were also fitted with the
pressurized cabin of the Mk X and the fuel capacity was increased to
256 gallons, three-and-a-half times that of the original Spitfire.
The first Mk
19s entered service in May 1944, and, by the end of the war, the type
had virtually replaced the earlier Mk XI. A total of 225 were built
with production ceasing in early 1946, but they were used in front-line
RAF service until April 1954. In fact, the last time a Mk 19 was used
to perform an operational sortie was in 1963 when one was used in battle
trials against an English
Electric Lightning to determine how best a Lightning should engage
piston-engine aircraft. This information was needed in case RAF
Lightings might have to engage P-51 Mustangs in the Indonesian conflict
of the time. There is an unsubstantiated rumor that the air combat
simulator used to train RAF Tornado pilots retains the aerodynamic data
for this Spitfire, and that the simulated aircraft is sometimes
allocated a pair of Sidewinder missiles to even the odds. (Wikipedia)
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Model built and photographed by the author, used with
permission. Photos show Spitfire Mk XIV |
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