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Originally Posted by Kurfürst
This seem to confirm that the unamended Pilot's notes from June 1940 was already referring the Spitfire IIA and IIB types, so Glider's assumption that the mention of cannon armament refers to a later date manual is clearly wrong.
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Actually it does not. Only the cover states "IIB", but within the text there is only reference to 8 Browning .303 machine guns.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/4598146/Pi...lin-XII-Engine
Introduction Para 7
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Eight Browning .303 in. machine guns ...
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Section 1 Para 44
As this scan is from a post-war (?) reproduction (See copyright on last page) probably used a different cover that contains "IIA" and "IIB".