FIGURE 2

9. The first Spitfire Mk.Is were not equipped with gun heating

systems, and so lacked the corresponding vents in the lower

surfaces of the wings.

10. The first and third machine guns in each wing (from the

fuselage) were staggered slightly, such that their barrels

protruded just beyond the leading edge of the wings.

FIGURE 2

Spitfire Mk.I, Beginning of 1939

- Powerplant: One 1,030hp Rolls-Royce Merlin III Engine

- Fuel: 87-octane aviation fuel

FIGURE 3

11. Two-position, three blade De Havilland 5/20 propeller (from the 78th production machine, May, 1939)

2. Bulged canopy (from January, 1939)

FIGURE 3

Spitfire Mk.I K9906, F/O Robert Stanford Tuck,

No. 65 Squadron, RAF Hornchurch, Essex,

Summer 1939

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