Spitfire LF Mk.Vb Trop late

with type 2 Aboukir dust

filter and shortened

wing tips

Figure 23:

1. Aboukir type 2 (later) dust filter

3. Shortened wing tips for the low level operations (LF.MK.Vb).

Wing tips manufactured in Aboukir depot featured a specific

shape and were not equipped with the position lights.

4. Large tropical oil cooler

Spitfire LF Mk.Vb with tropical filter and shortened wing

tips Aboukir (photo: IWM via Wikimedia Commons)

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INFO Eduard - January 2022