Spitfire Mk 3

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i'm fortunate in having quite a definitive list in a book of mine............

 

[Sgt. Pappy]

The variant numbers were all due to time rather than simple modification. I.e. the Mk.VIII hit the drawing board and was being developed before the Mk.IX, though the IX entered service before the VIII.

Btw, the Mk.V production hit about 6,479 while the Mk.IX hit 5,665. The third most common was my fave, the Mk.VIII, at 1,658.

 

[Marcel]

i'm fortunate in having quite a definitive list in a book of mine............

Me too, but it already falls apart because of all the times I had to look it up

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i rarely get around to/need to look at it much.........

 

[Marcel]

i rarely get around to/need to look at it much.........

But you are of British of course

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

exactly- that's only one step below God

 

[Marcel]

At least you know your place

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

oh it's not that bad, God was British too you see, he just gets a bit more credit as he created absolutely everything

 

[Marcel]

I see, well, then he's the first Brit to speak dutch

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

by definition he's the first Brit to've done anything

 

[Marcel]

Ah, and still the only-one.........

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

hey the Brits have done lots of stuff first

 

[Marcel]

So true

 

[Parmigiano]

The most produced Mark was the V, the most produced type was Supermarine type 361 (Mark IX + Mark XVI)

At least this is what is stated in my books...