"Why aren't you up there helping!??" ...

[DH82EH]

Did the Brits use wooden props on all the spitfires?

Lots of different marks of Spitfires.
Most of them had wooden prop blades.
Some had aluminum blades, so no, not all.

Great pics Mark.
Thanks

[Lon Moer]

... "hey! I don't fix em, I just fly em!" ... "care for some wine and cheese!?" ...


Supermarine Spitfire receiving an engine change in the field.


Supermarine Spitfire receiving an engine change in the field.
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MkIX with the two stage supercharger, RAF Holmsley South , Hampshire, mid 1944

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[Tony C]

The modeller in me, loves these images but on both my computers (Mac and PC (W.10), the pictures are too big for the screen and I have to either scroll or right click and select view image, to see the whole picture!

Can anyone advise if this is a set-up issue with my computers or due to the original size of the pictures when posted?

As mentioned I can obviously Right Click and select View Image to see the complete image on the screen but gets a bit tedious doing this each time so if this is a set up issue with both my Mac and PC (W.10), does anyone have advise on how to correct it?

Many thanks,
Tony

[Mark Allen M]

Tony, if you use a PC with a mouse with a wheel then you can hold the "Ctrl" key down and scroll forward or backward with your wheel on the mouse to resize your view.

[Scott Rose]

Tony, if you use a PC with a mouse with a wheel then you can hold the "Ctrl" key down and scroll forward or backward with your wheel on the mouse to resize your view.

[Aeronut]

MkIX with the two stage supercharger, RAF Holmsley South , Lincolnshire, mid 1944

I know the UK government like changing County boundaries every now and again but expanding Lincolnshire as far as Hampshire is a bit too much, about 150 miles too much.

[Tony C]

Tony, if you use a PC with a mouse with a wheel then you can hold the "Ctrl" key down and scroll forward or backward with your wheel on the mouse to resize your view.

Thanks Mike, its just that as I get older the more stupid I seem to become

[Flat 12x2]

... "hey! I don't fix em, I just fly em!" ... "care for some wine and cheese!?" ...


303rd Bomb Group B-17 engine maintenance 1943.

RAF Molesworth
B-17F #41-24619 427th BS (GN-S) S-for-Sugar 10 Oct 1943
Walter Cronkite, United Press Correspondent, flew in this B-17 on 26 February 1943 on a mission to the Submarine Yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. The B-17 was attacked by German FW-190 and ME-109 fighters and intense anti-aircraft fire was encountered.
His pilot was Major Glenn E. Hagenbuch, Command Officer of the 427th Bomb Squadron
Assigned: 05 Oct 1942
Fate: MIA 11 Jan 1944
Missions: 52