Argentinian Spitfires

zorro7 · **Joined:** Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:07 pm **Posts:** 483

Spitfire Folks:

Does anyone has a sample copy of the article Oct- Nov 2000 named "Spitfire across the Atlantic by Air Enthusiast Magazine??

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The Inspector · **Posted:** Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:54 pm

Mk XVI ??

Dan K · **Posted:** Thu Nov 17, 2011 10:05 pm

The Inspector wrote:

Mk XVI ??

Mk XI

http://spitfiresite.com/2007/10/atlanti ... tfire.html

havillandhornet · **Joined:** Tue May 03, 2011 12:16 am **Posts:** 2

Not too much help but it does have a covershot of the issue:

http://www.theaviationindex.com/publication/air-enthusiast/volume-89-september-2000

The Inspector · **Posted:** Thu Nov 17, 2011 11:50 pm

DK,
Any idea of it's orignal MOD s/n?

rcaf_100 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:04 am

The Inspector wrote:

DK,
Any idea of it's orignal MOD s/n?

From the link Dan posted, it's PR Mk. XI PL972.

:partyman:

RMAllnutt · **Posted:** Fri Nov 18, 2011 11:06 am

There is a fair degree more info here... as found on a similar thread on the Flypast forum. Makes for some interesting reading...

http://poorhousephotos.com/lvnmz.html

Cheers,
Richard

the330thbg · **Joined:** Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:06 pm **Posts:** 2713

Spitfire PR.MK.XI

Serial: LV-NMZ
"Rosario, Argentina, 1947. This plane was the first Spitfire that flew in Argentina, was a civilian aircraft owned by an ex RAF pilot named James (Jaime) Ehving Storey, this plane was confiscated by the Argentinian goverment in 1949, for use in evaluation agaist the Italian fighter Fiat G-59, later was used as 'camera plane' in test of the air to air missile AM-1 Tabano, in one of these fights crash landed due to a motor failture, with no spares and will to repair the old bird, it was scrapped in 1952."

More here:
http://www.taringa.net/posts/imagenes/9 ... ntino.html

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