Supermarine Spitfire F. Mk. VIIc single seat, low wing monoplane high altitude fighter; enclosed cockpit; aluminum monocoque stressed skin elliptical wing with wingtip extension and fuselage; fabric covered aluminum control surfaces; pressurized cockpit; grey green camouflage top surface paint scheme with dove grey underside; red and blue national roundel on upper wing surface and red, white, and blue roundel lower wing surface; red, white, blue, and yellow roundel fuselage sides; red, white and blue tail flash; Armament, 2: 20mm Hispano cannons and 4: .303 cal. Browning machine guns; Rolls-Royce Merlin 61, liquid cooled V-12, fitted with two-speed two-stage supercharger providing 1,565 hp. Created by Eric Long Date Created 02/03/2014 Source Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, National Air and Space Museum Original Photography, NASM Acc. 2012-0026 Keywords Aircraft; Aviation; Fighters; Military; World War II Rights and Restrictions CC0
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