Warplanes of the UK: Supermarine Spitfire Mk. XVIII, Mk. XIX, Mk. 21, Mk. 22, Mk. 24, Mk. 26

Supermarine Spitfire Mk. XVIII, Mk. XIX, Mk. 21, Mk. 22, Mk. 24, Mk. 26

(Kogo Photo)

(Alan Wilson Photo)

Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk. XVIIIe (Serial No. SM845), coded EZ-J, built in 1945, repainted as R, 28 Squadron, Reg. No. G-BUOS, Historic Flying Ltd, Duxford, Cambridgeshire.  Airworthy.  Sold to Fliegerhorst, Bremgarten, Germany.  This fighter flew with the Indian Air Force, and was restored in the US and UK.

(Tim Felce Photos)

(Tony Hisgett Photo)

(Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation Photo)

Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk. XIX (Serial No. PM631), No. 541 Squadron, Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire. Airworthy. Operated by the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire. Built as a high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft in November 1945. It currently wears the colours of a PR XIX from No 541 Squadron which performed photographic reconnaissance missions over Europe from early 1944 to the end of the war. (Wikipedia)

(Tim Felce Photo)

(Adrian Pingstone Photo)

(Adrian Pingstone Photo)

Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk. XIX (Serial No. PS853), 16 Squadron, Reg. No. G-RRGN, C, 16 Squadron, Rolls-Royce, Filton, Glos. Airworthy. Operated by Rolls-Royce Heritage Flight. Officially retired into ceremonial and display duties in 1957, PS853 was acquired by Rolls-­‐Royce in 1996 after being operated for decades by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. (Wikipedia)

(RAF Museum Photo)

Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk. XIX (Serial No. PM651), RAF Museum, Cosford.

(Archangel12 Photo)

(Tim Felce Photo)

(Ronnie Macdonald Photo)

(Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation Photos)

(Alan Wilson Photo)

(Sgt Pete Mobbs/MOD Photo PS915 with Typhoon)

Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk. XIX (Serial No. PS915), Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, Coningsby, Lincolnshire. In 2016 this aircraft was repainted with a silver scheme, representing a Spitfire flown by Flt Lt Ted Powles from Kai Tak, Hong Kong, in 1952.

(Mark Harkin Photo)

(Rept0n1x Photo)

(Liz Searle Photo)

Supermarine Spitfire F Mk. 21 (Serial No. LA198), RAI-G, 602 Squadron, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, Scotland. Built in September 1944 at South Marston. Assigned to No. 1 Sqn (RAF Manston). On 12 May 1947, allocated to 602 Sqn (City of Glasgow) Royal Auxiliary Air Force. Used in the Battle of Britain film. Aircrafthas been on display since the July 2006 reopening of Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Glasgow. (Wikipedia)

Supermarine Spitfire F Mk. 21 (Serial No. LA226), RAF Museum, in storage at RAF Stafford.

(Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation Photo)

Supermarine Spitfire F Mk. 21 (Serial No. LA255), JX-U, 1 Squadron, No. 1 Squadron Association, in storage at RAF Leuchars. First flown in March 1945 and served 1 Squadron and 91 Squadron before it was withdrawn from service. 1 Squadron gained ownership of the aircraft as a museum piece and displayed at various air bases wherever the squadron is based, most recently at RAF Lossiemouth. (Wikipedia)

Supermarine Spitfire F Mk. 22 (Serial No. PK519), Reg. No. G-SPXX, project stored in Buckinghamshire.

(Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation Photo)

Supermarine Spitfire F Mk. 22 (Serial No. PK624), The Fighter Collection, (IWM), stored in Hangar 2, Duxford, Cambridgeshire.

Supermarine Spitfire F Mk. 22 (Serial No. PK664), in storage at North Weald, Essex.

(Alan Wilson Photo)

Supermarine Spitfire F Mk. 24 (Serial No. PK683), Solent Sky, Southampton, Hampshire.

(Alan Wilson Photos)

(Aldo Bidini Photo)

Supermarine Spitfire F Mk. 24 (Serial No. PK724), Royal Air Force Museum Hendon, London.

(Chad Kainz Photo)

Supermarine Spitfire F Mk. 24 (Serial No. VN485), Silver, Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridgeshire. A former Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force aircraft on display at the Imperial War Museum Duxford it wears an all-over silver scheme with a red/white spinner.

Supermarine Spitfire F Mk. 46 (Serial No. LA546 ), Reg. No. G-CFZJ, stored in Colchester, Essex.