Strana 15
Figure 35:
1. The same aircraft with 90 gallon drop tank attached
Figure 36
1. 90 gallons drop tank
Spitre Mk.Vc Trop (Vokes) with 90 gal. drop tank
Spitre Mk.Vc Trop (Vokes)
with 90 gal. drop tank
Spitfire Mk.Vc Malta
Figure 37:
1. Four Hispano Mk.2 cannons. Many MK.Vc Spitres delivered to
Malta were equipped with four cannons. During the combat
deployment two cannons were usually fairly quickly removed
and the aircraft operated with two cannons only. If two 7.7 mm
caliber Browning machine guns were added at the same time
cannot be conrmed from the available records.
2. Vokes dust lter
3. Large tropical oil cooler (not all aircraft featured it)
Figure 38:
4. A bulge on the upper wing skin. It was documented on several
Malta deployed airframes. Their purpose remains unknown
Spitre Mk.Vc Malta
Spitre Mk.Vc Malta
HISTORY
INFO Eduard
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January 2026