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Bill Greenwood wrote:Matyn, the photo of the Seafire landing is beautiful. The engine looks like a Grifon from the round exhaust stacks and bulges in the cowling, but the prop seems to be four blades?
The Seafire XV was the first Griffon-powered Seafire. It combined the wing of the Seafire III with the fuselage of the Spitfire V and the engine, cowling and prop of the Spitfire XII. The Griffon turned opposite the Merlin, but the "bend" of the airframe was not changed, which led Griffon Spitfires to swing on takeoff. The Seafire XV arrived just too late for operational service in World War II. Despite all its problems, its low-level performance would have been good against the Kamikazes had an invasion of Japan been required.
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Its actually A Seafire 17! Not too many differences from the 15 though.Raven wrote:See 'Seafire XV':