RAF Spitfire serial in Italy 1944.

[Marko Jeras]

Dear Gentelmen,

 

Spitfire IX MH654 was in USAAF 31st FG at the beginning of 1944. Before handing it to MAAF, it had cammouflage and all markings removed in Italy. Then it got new RAF markings. It was then handed to 1435. Squadron.

 

As can be seen on this photo, serial was re-applied with stencil. Does anyone might have photos of numbers 4 and 5 to see how stencil looked?

 

Thank you for reading,

Marko Jeras

Edited August 29, 2018 by Marko Jeras
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[Marko Jeras]

To make myself notmistaken, I meant any numbers 4 and 5 on Spitfires IX in Italy 1944...

Edited August 30, 2018 by Marko Jeras
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[Sonoran]

That was done in the field, so who knows what it may have looked like...  Unless you can find other aircraft from the same squadron, the best you are likely to get is a good guess.

[FinnAndersen]

As far as I know, there was never a definitive standard font, so you are on your own.

However, as far as the examples I have seen, the four almost always looked like this 4 , but the five comes in a bewildering number of styles.

In your example, the six is sort of semi rounded, indicating that you will want to match that.

 

Anyhow, nobody, and I mean nobody, will ever be able to tell you that you have used a wrong font.

 

I'd just make sure that it looks alike, the five and the six. 

 

HTH

Finn

[Marko Jeras]

Thank you for oppinion and advice!

 

Will look in available photos of Spitfires of 1435. Squadron.

 

With kind regards,

 

Marko