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SPITFIRE Mk.V DEVELOPMENT
Figure 1:
1. De Havilland Hydromatic Type 5/39 constant speed propeller
2. Exhausts feature straight tubes of the same type as on Mk.I
and Mk.II
3. 2 in thick outer armor glass mounted on the windshield
4. Rear mirror
5 Convex canopy with a ventilation opening
6. Transformer located on the fuselage bulkhead behind the
headrest
Figure 2:
This view pictures Spitre Mk.V converted from Spitre Mk.Ia by Merlin 45 engine installation into the Spitre Mk.Ia airframe.
10. Merlin 45 engines already lacked the Cowman pyro starter,
engine cowling is missing the starter’s cover bulge
7. TR.9D radio antenna masts for antenna wires. Some airframes
were still equipped with these radios, some were already fur-
nished with new TR.1133 radios without antenna wires
8. 12V electrical socket
9. The original smaller oil cooler with U-shaped air intake
Spitfire Mk.Va
Spitre Mk.Va
Spitre Mk.Va
Figure 3:
11. The fabric covered ailerons. Large number of Mk.Va and Mk.Vb
Spitres still featured the fabric covered ailerons. Signicant
portion of Spitres Mk.V, converted from Spitres Mk.I, featu-
red them as well.
14. Eight 7.7 mm caliber Browning machine guns
Spitre Mk.Va,
conversion
from Mk.Ia
Spitre Mk.Va
(photo: Simon Erland)
HISTORY
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December 2025