Diagram of spitfire. The supermarine spitfire is a single engine single seat fighter aircraft produced by the british manufacturer supermarine aviation works vickers ltd later the supermarine division of vickers armstrongs aircraft ltd. This article now revised and updated provides a complete photo reference to the layout and operation of the spitfire cockpit. The spitfire was used by the royal air force and allied countries during wwii. Welcome to spitfire spares where we specialise in supplying warbird related items such as spitfire spares aircarft spares parts manuals replicas of spitfires the v1 doodlebug and hurricane we are the warbird and spitfire specialists.
Mar 29 2016 cutaway diagram of the supermarine spitfire see the parachutist at 100mm 235mm zoomed in and 400mm crop. For example lord beaverbrooks spitfire fund of 1940 was one campaign which drew widespread public attention to the spitfire. After considering replacing the wiring harness with an after market one or attempting to find a. The spitfire was built in many variants with several wing configurations engines and propellers.
During and after the battle of britain the spitfire became a symbol of british resistance. The standard camouflage for spitfires at the time of dunkirk was the white lack daynight scheme where one half of the underside of the aircraft was painted black and the other white. Triumph spitfire electrical renovation truimph spitfire rebuild. The aircraft serving as our subject is supermarine spitfire mk.
Tom omalley has spent many hours redesigning wiring schematics for maximum readability. By the outbreak of world war two nine full squadrons had been equipped and supermarine spitfire of no 602 squadron claimed the first victories of the war on october 16 1939 destroying two junkers ju 88s and a heinkel he 111. Wiring diagrams if you havent guessed the haynes manuals wiring diagram is very wrong especially for us 1500s. Cutaway diagram of the spitfire.
The top surfaces were finished in dark earth and dark green again in different layouts a.