| Manufacturer (Principal): | Supermarine Division of Vickers-Armstrongs in factories at, Southampton, Winchester, Swindon and Castle Bromwich. |
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| Manufacturer Designation | Type 361 |
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| Aircraft Mk. (2) | Mk. XVIE |
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| RAF Designation: (2) | Mk. XVIE |
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| Construction: | All – metal monocoque with pressurised cockpit. |
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| Crew: | One |
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| Wing Span: (1) | 32ft. 8in. |
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| Length: | 31ft. 4in. |
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| Height: (7) | 12ft. 8in. |
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| Engine: | 1,720hp. Packard merlin 266 |
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| Fuel: | |
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| Internal Tanks (3) | 66 or 85 gallons. |
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| Supplemental Tanks | |
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| Maximum: | |
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| Weight: | |
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| Empty: | 7,500lb. |
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| Loaded: | 9,900lb. |
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| Range: (4) | 434 miles with 85 gallons or 721 miles with 175 gallons. |
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| Bomb Load: | N/A. |
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| Armament: | 20mm Hispano cannon (2 Nr.) 1in each wing. |
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| | ·50 Browning machine gun (2 Nr.) 1 in each wing. |
| Speed: | |
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| Maximum: | 405mph. at 22,000ft. |
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| Cruising: (5) | 300mph. |
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| Service Ceiling Height: | 40,500ft. |
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| Initial Rate of Climb: (6) | 6.7 min. to 20,000ft. |
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| Bradwell Bay Service: | |
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| Squadron: | 287 |
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| Motto: | C’est en forgeant Practice makes perfect |
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| Code: | KZ |
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| Dates: | August – 10th September 1945 |
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| Missions: | Attack simulations in order to provide continuation train for anti-aircraft units. |
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| Colour Scheme. | Standard RAF pattern: Dark green and Ocean grey upper surfaces. Medium Sea Grey lower surfaces. |
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| Aircraft Nickname/s: | Shrew – is what R. J. Mitchell wanted call it, he thought Spitfire to be a “dammed silly” name. |
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| | Spit. |
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| Technical data: Aircraft of the RAF 1918 by Owen Thetford and jane’s Fighting Aircraft of World War II |
| (1) The XVI was usually flown as the clipped wing variety – this measurement follows that trend. |
| (2) Rickard, J (30 September 2011), No. 287 Squadron (RAF): Second World War, http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/287_wwII.html |
| (3) Many XVIs featured cut-down rear fuselages with bubble canopies. On these aircraft the rear fuselage tank capacity was limited to 66 gal. |
| (4) Some production aircraft had rear fuselage fuel tanks in addition to the main tank allowing it to fly approximately as far as the Spitfire Mk VIII. |
| (5) www.warplane.com/aircraft/collection/details.aspx?aircraftId=36 |
| (6) Taken from Mk. IX Spitfire – performance were deemed to be very similar. |
| (7) Height of Mk. IX used, no definitive XVIE height found. |
