FIGURE 13

1. Hispano 20mm cannon

2. Cannon Fairings

FIGURE 13

SPITFIRE Mk.II

- Powerplant: One 1,150hp Rolls-Royce Merlin XII

- Fuel: 100-octane aviation fuel

Spitfire Mk.IIa, Fall 1940

FIGURE 14

1. Constant speed Rotol RX 5/1 propeller. Some Spitfire Mk.IIs were equipped with a Rotol RX 5/3 with

wooden blades or De Havilland 5/39s units

2. Barr & Stroud GM.2 reflector gunsight

3. Armored glass 50.8mm (2 inches) thick in the windscreen

4. Rearview mirror

5. Bulged canopy

6. Voltage regulator on fuselage bulkhead

7. TR.1133 radio mast

8. Newer incarnation of pitot tube

9. 12v electrical outlet

10. Entry point for the IFF antenna lead

on both sides of the fuselage

11. R.3002 IFF antenna, both sides

FIGURE 14

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