mark.au Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Dear all; If I may ask your help, please confirm or correct my understanding based on reading the various antenna threads here; Spitfire EN824 (Mk.Vb) manufactured in May 1942 and lost the following month would have had only the IFF wires, tail plane to fuselage. Spitfire MK324 (Mk.IX) manufactured in February 1944 and lost two months later would have had no antenna wires at all. Many thanks. Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 All about Spitfire masts and aerials here http://spitfiresite.com/2010/04/spitfire-masts-and-aerials.html Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seawinder Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 6 hours ago, mark.au said: Dear all; If I may ask your help, please confirm or correct my understanding based on reading the various antenna threads here; Spitfire EN824 (Mk.Vb) manufactured in May 1942 and lost the following month would have had only the IFF wires, tail plane to fuselage. Spitfire MK324 (Mk.IX) manufactured in February 1944 and lost two months later would have had no antenna wires at all. Many thanks. Mark. FWIW, I agree with your choices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthBayKid Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) Your Mk.IX would however have the rod type Mk.III IFF antenna under the wing. Edited January 15, 2020 by NorthBayKid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark.au Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 Thank you all. 1 hour ago, NorthBayKid said: Your Mk.IX would however have the rod type Mk.III IFF antenna under the wing. Got that too, thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 7 hours ago, NorthBayKid said: Your Mk.IX would however have the rod type Mk.III IFF antenna under the wing. Would the Mk IXc also have the Rebecca beam approach "boat" fairing and antenna under the rear fuselage? I seem to recall reading that this antenna was installed beginning with the Mk IX. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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