Spitfire Mk.Ia, Summer 1940

FIGURE 9

1. Constant speed De Havilland 5/39a propeller

2. Rearview mirror

FIGURE 9

P9443, flown by F/Lt Douglas Bader,

No. 222 Squadron, RAF Duxford,

Cambridgeshire / Kirton in Lindsey,

Lincolnshire, early June 1940

Spitfire Mk.Ia, Fall 1940

FIGURE 10

1. Antenna mast of the TR.1133 radio without wire leads

2. The majority of aircraft that had their TR.9D radios replaced

with TR.1133 units retained the mast on the tip of the fin,

usually without the insulator

3. Wire leads of the R.3002 IFF system on the sides of the

fuselage

4. Entry point on both sides of the fuselage of the IFF wire leads

FIGURE 10

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