Para Handy Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/3632/imagephprb.jpg Shetland Spitfire purchased by the Shetland community for the buy a Spitfire campaignBut have found not a lot about it on the internet http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/3951/imageggphp.jpg Frances144 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaflech Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 From its tail number there's a bit about it on this website: http://www.spitfires.ukf.net/p026.htm If I've interpreted the information correctly then sadly it looks like it had a very short life.Completed at Castle Bromwich factory on 23 March 1942Delivered to 133 Sqn RAF on 12 April 1942Shot down 15 days later on 27 April near Ostend by a Fw 190 , P/O W C Wicker killed. Frances144 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Para Handy Posted March 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 Thanks Seaflech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aces High Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Was this one the only 'Shetland Spitfire'? It looks like a Mark IX to me. I once found a photo of a Shetland Spitfire and it was a much later model, probably a Mark XIV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances144 Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 (edited) Fascinating and now I want to know more. Edited August 29, 2015 by Frances144 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Foord Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 there is a lot online, just google 'shetlander spitfire' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylark Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 The Spitfire "Shetlander" by Margaret Stuart published by Shetland Heritage Publications 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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