Film of "The Daily Inspection of the Spitfire". Copies may be obtained from the
Imperial War Museum (35 mm).
The aircraft being serviced is a 609 Squadron Spitfire I R6692 - first flight 3 June 40, 609 Sqdn 7 June 1940, Struck off charge Cat E 2 Sept 1940.
The aircraft is shown in a pre Battle of Britain white and black underside paint scheme.
Note the 100 painted on the fuselage at the fuel tank location.
(Some Operations Record Books such as
602 Squadron's ORB noted a switch to all duck egg blue underside paint scheme in mid June.) 609 Squadron was stationed at Northholt during June of 1940 when the instructional film was shot.
Still taken from the film:
03-03-2012, 05:43 PM
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