Spitfire Mk.Vc late

Spitfire Mk.Vc late

Figure 39:

1. Exhausts feature the individual pipes, typical for later Spitfires

Mk.IXc

2. A number of Westland-built airframes featured the flush-riveted

rear fuselage as opposed to the standard raised rivets used

Spitfire Mk.Vb with skin reinforcement above the wheel well

Figure 40:

1. Skin reinforcement above the wheel well. These reinforcements

were not only installed on Spitfires Mk.V but on the other Spitfire versions as well, typically after their overhaul having accumulated a certain number of flight hours. The skin reinforce-

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ment prevented the skin damage in the wheel well area where

it was extremely stressed during the takeoffs and landings and

there was a risk of its collapse due to the fatigue

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