SPITFIRE Mk.V DEVELOPMENT
Spitfire Mk.Va
Spitfire Mk.Va
This view pictures Spitfire Mk.V converted from Spitfire Mk.Ia by Merlin 45 engine installation into the Spitfire Mk.Ia airframe.
Figure 1:
1. De Havilland Hydromatic Type 5/39 constant speed propeller
2. Exhausts feature straight tubes of the same type as on Mk.I
and Mk.II
3. 2 in thick outer armor glass mounted on the windshield
4. Rear mirror
5 Convex canopy with a ventilation opening
6. Transformer located on the fuselage bulkhead behind the
headrest
7. TR.9D radio antenna masts for antenna wires. Some airframes
were still equipped with these radios, some were already furnished with new TR.1133 radios without antenna wires
8. 12V electrical socket
9. The original smaller oil cooler with U-shaped air intake
Spitfire Mk.Va
Figure 2:
INFO Eduard - January 2022
10. Merlin 45 engines already lacked the Cowman pyro starter,
engine cowling is missing the starter’s cover bulge
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