Getting out of the WW2 era though.
Yes triple 8 does if it was a new build purchase.in '54?
But when was the FR.XIX's ceased production as a type.
The others were refurbished, must must have been WWII op AC.
I guess more silly research? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhgh.
Aye?
Later the same day;
From WickedPedia
Mk XIX (Mk 19) (types 389 and 390)
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Supermarine Spitfire Mark XIX at Wikimedia Commons
The Mk XIX was the last and most successful 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 (type 389s) were produced, later aircraft were also fitted with the pressurised cabin of the Mk X and the fuel capacity was increased to 256 gallons, three-and-a-half times that of the original Spitfire This version was the type 390.
[39]
The first Mk XIXs 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 1951,
Hainan Island (
People's Republic of China) was targeted at the behest of US Naval Intelligence for RAF overflights, using Spitfire PR Mk 19s based at
Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong.
[40] The last operational sortie by a Mk 19 was in 1963 when one was used in battle trials against an
English Electric Lightning to determine how best a Lightning should engage piston-engined aircraft. This information was needed in case RAF Lightnings might have to engage
P-51 Mustangs in the
Indonesian conflict of the time.
And then later;
Oh, so thanks for that Andy....... it did serve then!