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This is an incomplete list and a work in progress, which will be updated progressively. Please feel free to make suggestions or corrections in the comments section !

Typically, presentation names were painted in yellow capital letters with a height of four inches, but there were many exceptions to this “rule”. I’ll be writing a summary of the most common styles for the names when time allows.

N3164 EAST INDIA

P7293 MANDOT

P7319 LAHORE CITY

P7344 HALESOWEN

P7372 HYDERABAD

P7445 AMANGABAD

P7446 GULBUNGA

P7449 BIDAR

P7490 CITY OF COVENTRY I

P7491 CITY OF COVENTRY II

P7492 CITY OF COVENTRY III

P7493 THE FOXHUNTER

P7494 MACKINNONS INDIA – Written on starboard side – Photo

P7610 JERSEY

P7621 SPIRIT OF REDHILL

P7625 GUILDFORD I

P7626 OTAGO I

P7665 RAJSHAHI

P7666 – Mk IIa – OBSERVER CORPS (later ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS) – Photo I – Photo II

P7674 OTAHI II

P7676 NADIA

P7683 LONDONDERRY

P7684 BELFAST

P7685 HARLANDIE or HARLANDIC (Belfast Telegraph Fund) – Photo

P7686 TYRONE

P7697 ZANZIBAR I

P7698 ZANZIBAR II

P7699 ZANZlBAR III

P7730 PEMBA I

P7731 PEMBA II

P7732 ROWLEY REGIS

P7733 GUILDFORD II

P7734 GILLINGHAM

7735 FAIRWARP

P7736 CAMBRIDGESHIRE

P7737 WORKSOP

P7738 CITY OF NOTTINGHAM

P7739 ERIC

P7740 BANKLINE

P7741 FASHION FLYER

P7742 N.E.M. (National Employers’ Ins. Assoc.)

P7743 BRENTWOOD

P7744 Mk IIa BOW STREET HOME GUARD – Photo

P7745 H.R.H. THE NAWAB OF BAHAWALPUR

P7746 CITY OF BRADFORD I

P7747 CITY OF BRADFORD II

P7748 CITY OF BRADFORD III

P7749 CITY OF BRADFORD IV

P7750 CITY OF BRADFORD V

P7751 CITY OF BRADFORD VI

P7752 THE WARDEN OF LONDON

P7753 PAMPERO I  (British Community in Buenos Aires)

P7754 PAMPERO II (British Community in Buenos Aires) – Photo

P7755 PAMPERO III (British Community in Buenos Aires)

P7756 PAMPERO IV (British Community in Buenos Aires)

P7757 SAYLES (Harold Arnold & Son)

P7815 WILFRUN

P7820 PAGANAS

P7823 DOWN (Northern Ireland)

P7826 SIND I

P7827 SIND II

P7830 SIND IV

P7832 ENNISKILLEN / BELFAST TELEGRAPH SPITFIRE FUND

P7833 PORTADOWN / BELFAST TELEGRAPH SPITFIRE FUND – Link

P7834 MID ULSTER  (Belfast Telegraph Fund)

P7835 BALLYMENA J (Belfast Telegraph Fund)

P7836 SIND V

P7837 SIND III

P7838 FERMANAGH (Belfast Telegraph Fund)

P7839 CITY OF DERRY

P7840 MOUNTAINS OF MOURNE (Belfast Telegraph Fund) – Exact markings : “MOUNTAINS O MOURNE / BELFAST TELEGRAPH SPITFIRE FUND”

P7841 LARNE (Belfast Telegraph Fund)

P7842 BANGOR (Belfast Telegraph Fund)

P7843 ALDERGROVE

P7844 NEWFOUNDLAND I

P7845 NEWFOUNDLAND II

P7846 NEWFOUNDLAND III

P7849 ARMAGH (Belfast Telegraph Fund)

P7855 EAST INDIA

P7883 GRAHAME HEATH – Photo

The aircraft was purchased by the parents of Grahame Heath, who was killed on active service with the Royal Air Force in 1918. The photo is dated 1940 and shows Grahame’s younger brother Barrie standing on the wing of P7883.

P7887 SIND VI

P7910 CITY OF BIRMINGHAM I

P7911 CITY OF BIRMINGHAM II

P7912 CITY OF BIRMINGHAM III

P7913 CITY OF BIRMINGHAM IV

P7918 NORTHAMPTON

P7919 BAWCO (Basbee, Walker & Co.)

P7920 THE RED ROSE

P7921 EVER READY

P7922 MAN OF METAL

P7923 VENTURE I – Photo 1 | Photo 2

P7924 VENTURE II

P7925 WESTON-SUPER-MARE

P7926 HEREWARD THE WAKE – Badge or logo above the text – Photo

P7928 DEVON

P7929 THE TRANSPORT MEN-ACE

P7962 INSPIRATION (Mrs. Fyfe-Jameson)

P7964 CITY OF EXETER, DEVON

P7966 MANXMAN

P7969 PRIDE OF THE ISLE (Ely)

P7983 LEYLAND, LEEDS CITY

P8039 HEREWARD THE WAKE

P8040 VENTURE II

P8041 COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTON

P8044 FIRST CANADlAN DIVISlON – Exact text : 1^st CANADIAN DIVISION – Flag of the division above the text – Photo

P8045 CITY OF WORCESTER I

P8046 CITY OF WORCESTER II

P8047 THE MALVERNS

P8048 KIDDERMINSTER, BEWDLEY AND STOURPORT

P8074 GARFIELD WESTON I

P8075 GARFIELD WESTON II

P8078 GARFIELD WESTON III – Markings : “GARFIELD WESTON LTD”

P8080 HORWICH

P8081 GARFIELD WESTON IV

P8082 SKY SWEEPER (Hoover Ltd.)

P8083 GARFIELD WESTON V

P8085 GARFIELD WESTON VII

P8088 BOROUGH OF LAMBETH

P8089 MINERS OF DURHAM I

P8090 IDEAL

P8091 MINERS OF DURHAM II

P8092 ELLAND

P8093 HALIFAX I

P8094 ON THE TARGET (A.A. Command)

P8095 HALIFAX II

P8098 ENFIELD SPITFIRE

P8130 LUTON I

P8131 LUTON II

P8137 SARUM & SOUTH WILTS

P8138 THE NORFOLK FARMER

P8139 ROBERT PEEL

P8140 NUFLIER (Norwich Union Life Insurance)

P8141 RUGBY AND DISTRICT

P8142 SOUTHPORT I

P8143 SOUTHPORT II

P8145 MABEL (Mrs. M. Crawford)

P8147 CITY OF NORWICH

P8148 THE BLACK HORSE

Presented by Lloyds Bank

P8149 LEWIS AND HARRIS FIGHTER

P8160 P.J. (Pinchin Johnson Co. Ltd.)

P8161 LEYLAND LEEDS CITY

P8162 D.S. & G. WORTH VALLEY

P8167 – Mk IIa – ASSAM ONE LAKHIMPUR – Photo

P8168 ASSAM TWO LAKHIMPUR

P8169 ASSAM THREE LAKHIMPUR

P8170 ASSAM FOUR LAKHIMPUR

P8172 BYDAND (Aberdeen)

P8174 BALTIC EXCHANGE I

P8175 BALTIC EXCHANGE II

P8176 NORTH BORNEO I

P8177 NORTH BORNEO II

P8178 CABLE QUEEN

P8179 MONTAGUE BEE

P8180 ST. VINCENT (Windward Isles)

P8181 TASMANIA I

P8182 TASMANIA II

P8183 TASMANIA III

P8193 LA ROSALINDA (Lady Davidson)

P8194 GOLDCOAST I

P8200 WINGED VICTORY (F. J. Pearson)

P8209 KERR

P8238 BORNEO (N.E.I.)

P8254 TRANSPITTER

P8278 ENFIELD SPITFIELD

P8327 JAVA I (N.E.I.)

P8329 SUMBAWA (N.E.I.)

P8330 – Mk IIb – BATAVIA (N.E.I.) – Exact text : “BATAVIA” – Photo

P8331 SUMATRA (N.E.I.)

P8332 – Mk IIb – SOEBANG (N.E.I.) – Paid for by the State of Soebang, Netherland East Indies. Exact text on starboard side appears to be “SOEBANG” – Photo 1 – Photo 2

P8333 BANDA (N.E.I.)

P8335 SEMARANG (N.E.I.)

P8336 FLORES (N.E.I.)

P8338 BANDOENG (N.E.I.)

P8339 MADURA (N.E.l.)

P8340 BALIKPAPAN (N.E.I.)

P8341 LUMBOK (N.E.I.)

P8342 CERAM (N.E.I.)

P8343 MEDAN (N.E.I.)

P8344 ORKNEY

P8346 OSSETT AND HORBURY

P8347 RICHMOND JUBILEE

P8348 ROCHDALE AND DISTRICT – Markings on left side: “BRITISH AND FRIENDS / EX JAPAN” – Photo

P8349 SUCABOEMI (N.E.l.)

P8361 KRAKATAO (N.E.I.)

P8363 BANKA (N.E.[.)

P8364 SURINAM (N.E.I.)

P8365 ROTTERDAM (N.E.I.)

P8366 PALEMBANG (N.E.I.)

P8367 BALI (N.E.I.)

P8368 SIBAYAK (N.E.I.)

P8369 TOBA (N.E.I.)

P8370 OLDHAM

P8371 PALEMBANG OELOE (N.E.I.)

P8374 DULVERCOMBE

P8375 CELEBES (N.E.I.)

P8376 BESOEKI (N.E.I.)

P8377 SIWABOONG (N.E.I.)

P8378 SOURABAYA (N.E.I.)

P8379 OLDHAM AND LEES

P8380 BLACK VELVET (Gaumont)

P8381 STROUD AND DISTRICT

P8382 – Mk IIb, Rugby Portland Cement Company – Exact text : “CROWNCRETE” – Photo

P8383 BRADFORD VII

P8384 FEI YUE (N.E.I.)

P8385 IMPREGNABLE (Northants) – Photo

P8387 BARTY

P8389 METABOX (Metal Box Co.)

P8390 BOSTONIAN

P8392 MAGNET (G.E.C.)

P8393 GARFIELD WESTON VI

P8394 GIBRALTAR – Photo

P8395 SPIRIT OF CREWE

P8396 BERMUDA

P8397 (Mk IIa) CHESHUNT & WALTHAM – Photo

P8398 CHEEPING WYCOMBE

P8399 BENONI (South Africa)

P8425 SPIRIT OF CREWE

P8429 FRIMLEY AND CAMBERLEY

P8435 MARVI

P8436 MARVI

P8438 CARDIFF III

P8439 CROSBY

P8440 CROSBY

P8443 MOLUKKEN (N.E.I.)

P8444 M.E.S. (N.E.I.)

P8445 INDIAN TELEGRAPHS

P8448 COUNTER ATTACK – Photo

P8461 KALAHARI (Bechuanaland)

P8463 CANADIAN SCOT

P8465 F.E.F. (Ferranti Ltd.)

P8471 PUDUKALAI NAGARATHA

P8479 – Spitfire Mk IIa – BRITISH GLUES AND CHEMICALS – Photo – B.G.C. Gryps badge on starboard side.

P8501 N.W. FRONTlER V

P8502 THE HEART OF ENGLAND I

P8503 SKY SCRAPER

P8504 BERMUDA IV

P8505 J.G. (Cdr. and Mrs. A. M. Garlick) – Markings on starboard side : “STAMFORD”

P8506 FAVERSHAM

P8507 BERMUDA I

P8509 THE OLD LADY (Bank of England)

P8510 N.W. FRONTIER I

P8513 HECLA (Hadfields Ltd.)

P8515 N.W. FRONTIER III

P8516 AMBOINA (N.E.I.)

P8517 BECHUANA

P8518 NABHA III (Maharaja of)

P8520 THE MENDIP SPITFIRE

P8521 SULHAMSTEAD

P8522 MELTON MOWBRAY AND DISTRICT

P8523 BANSI (Lucknow)

P8525 LEIGH (Lancs)

P8526 BREDBURY AND ROMILEY

P8527 MAURITIUS II

P8528 TOWNSHIP OF SHIPLEY

P8530 THE CLAN (Clan Line)

P8531 WHO’S ‘AFEARD (Blandford)

P8532 THE HARRY LIVINGSTON

P8534 HUNTER (Crawford’s Biscuits)

P8536 BARON (Borax Ltd.)

P8538 THE GEORGE PARBURY

P8542 VIOLETTA (G. Armstrong, Esq.)

P8543 ASSAM VI

P8544 HEART OF ENGLAND III

P8545 INDIAN TELEGRAPHS II

P8547 INDIAN POSTS

P8548 ASSAM III

P8561 KALAHARI

P8562 STIR-GAR (Carmarthenshire)

P8563 CITY OF LEICESTER I

P8565 CITY OF LElCESTER II

P8567 PICTURE POST (Hulton Press)

P8568 CITY OF STOKE ON TRENT I

P8576 CITY OF BUNDABERG AND DISTRICT (Queensland) – Exact text : “CITY OF BUNDABERG & DISTRICT” – Photo

P8580 STOKE ON TRENT II

P8584 NABHA II

P8585 TELING TINGGI (N.E.I.)

P8588 SCAEFELL

P8589 MAKASSAR

P8595 MIDDELBERG (N.E.I.)

P8596 RIOUW (N.E.I.)

P8597 KATWIJK (N.E.I.)

P8600 LADY LINLITHGOW

P8601 DELHI I

P8602 MALANG (N.E.I.)

P8603 NABHA I

P8604 JAMSHEDPUR GOLMURI III

P8606 DELHI II

P8607 PALEMBANG OELOE II

P8609 HEART OF ENGLAND II

P8641 N.W. SURREY

P8642 COURAGEOUS (Lady Harrowing)

P8643 MARGERET HELEN (Hon. Mrs. Ronald Grenville)

P8644 HUNTLEY COCK OF THE NORTH

P8645 GAUMONT-BRITISH

P8646 ROCHDALE AND DISTRICT II

P8647 ARIEL (B.B.C.)

P8649 BERMUDA III – Photo

P8650 DEFENDAMUS (Taunton)

P8651 ST. HELENS (Lancs)

P8654 FLINT (County)

P8655 NEWTONIA (Newton Abbot)

P8656 NIPPY (J. Lyons & Co.)

P8657 CITY OF LEICESTER III

P8658 BOROUGH OF MORLEY – Photo

P8660 BUXTON

P8661 L.T.R. FIGHTER

P8662 FIRST CITY OF LONDON-TEXTILES

P8665 BINGLEY (U.D.C.)

P8666 CUBA (British Community)

P8669 CORNWALL

P8670 SECOND CITY OF LONDON-TEXTILES

P8671 CAMBORNE-REDRUTH

P8672 CARDIFF II

P8675 CLIFTONIAN

P8676 CEREDIGIAN II

P8690 CAERNARVONSHIRE

P8691 CEREDIGIAN I

P8692 CRISPS (Smiths Ltd.)

P8693 GREBBEBERG

P8695 N.W. FRONTIER IV

P8696 DILWAR (New Delhi)

P8714 SOUTH OF WARRINGTON

P8715 WULFRUN (Wolverhampton)

P8741 BHABNAGAR

P8789 BOROUGH OF WANSTEAD AND WOODFORD (Transferred to AA882)

P8797 SOUTH OF WARRINGTON

R6722 ARKWRIGHT

R6960 – Mk Ia converted to Mk Vb – Exact text : “NIGERIA // OWERRI PROVINCE” – Second line of text is unclear – Photo

R7028 SUTHERLAND

R7057 CAITHNESS

R7058 R. J. MITCHELL

R7059 SOUTHAMPTON I

R7060 SOUTHAMPTON II

R7061 EDGLETS (Brooke Bonds)

R7062 THE BRID (Bridport)

R7063 D.S.G. WORTH VALLEY

R7064 MERCURY (Sir Frederick Richmond)

R7065 CHELMSFORD

R7066 GALLEYWOOD

R7067 HASTINGS

R7068 WORTHlNG

R7069 JASON (Sir Frederick Richmond and Family)

R7070 PEGASUS (Sir Frederick Richmond and Family)

R7071 PERSEUS (Sir Frederick Richmond and Family)

R7072 SUNDERLAND I

R7073 SUNDERLAND II

R7074 SUNDERLAND III

R7114 SUNDERLAND IV

R7116 ST. AUSTELL AND DISTRICT

R7122 MIDDLESBROUGH

R7123 CAPUT INTER NIBILA

R7125 GATESHEAD

R7126 VILLAE DE POOLE

R7127 TURRIS JEHOVA

R7128 NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME

R7129 SECUNDUS DUBUSQUE RECTUS

R7130 SWANSEA I

R7131 PRESENTATION (I.O.M.)

R7132 INDUSTRIA (West Hartlepool)

R7134 SWANSEA III

R7135 THE DAUNTLESS (Dudley)

R7136 MERIONETH

R7139 WALSALL II – Photo

R7143 WALSALL I

R7145 B.B. & G.I. RAILWAY II

R7151 VICTOR McLAGLEN, SEATTLE

R7153 GOSPORT

R7154 ACCRINGTON, CHURCH, AND OSWALDTWISTLE

R7155 KUKUYUEMBU

R7156 B.B. & C.I. RAILWAY I [Note this is BB & GI railway above]

R7157 SOUTHERN BELLE (Brighton)

R7158 CHESHIRE

R7159 KAMBAMERU

R7160 SYMC BRIGHTON & HOVE

R7161 MOMBASA

R7162 TOBY (C. E. W. Charrington, Esq.)

R7163 BRIDGWATER

R7192 PETERBOROUGH AND DISTRICT

R7193 THE SILVER SNIPE

R7194 BRISTOL CIVIL DEFENCE

R7194 HOLMWOOD I

R7196 HOLMWOOD II

R7197 STAINBRIDGE AND DISTRICT

R7198 SHERWOOD FORESTER

R7199 WOOLTON (Lewis’s Ltd.)

R7200 FROME AND DISTRICT

R7201 LEST WE FORGET

R7202 PRESTON AND DISTRICT I

R7203 PRESTON AND DISTRICT III

R7204 LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

R7205 PROVIDENT (P.C. & S. Co.)

R7206 CITY OF LIVERPOOL II

R7207 PRESTON AND DISTRICT II

R7208 CITY OF LIVERPOOL III

R7209 CITY OF LIVERPOOL I

R7210 CITY OF LIVERPOOL IV

R7211 SPIRIT OF LEEK

R7212 PUCK (John Laing & Son Ltd.)

R7214 BATLEY

R7215 – Spitfire Mk Ia – STOCKPORT – Donated by the Stockport Spitfire Fund, Cheshire. Carried the coat of arms and name of Stockport. – Photo 

R7216 WOOLWICH

R7217 FLEETWOOD

R7218 RETFORD AND DISTRICT

R7220 BOURNEMOUTH II

R7229 B.R.C. STAFFORD I

R7230 BRENDA (J. D. Burrows, Esq.)

R7231 GRIMSBY II

R7260 BRISTOL AIR RAID WARDEN

R7261 BOLSOVER I

R7262 BROMLEY (Kent)

R7263 B.R.C. STAFFORD II

R7264 BRYCHEINIOG (Breconshire)

R7265 GRIMSBY I

R7266 JAMSHEDPUR GULMARI II

R7267 BURNLEY AND DISTRICT

R7268 THE SWAN (Bryant & May) – Written on starboard side in cursive letters – Photo – Photo 2 – Photo 3 – Photo 4

R7269 JAMSHEDPUR GULMARI I

R7270 NAE BROTHER

R7271 BURNLEY AND DISTRICT

R7272 G.H. (G. Chambers-Hughes, Esq.)

R7273 BOMBAY GYMKHANA I

R7274 WEST RIDING

R7275 BOMBAY GYMKHANA II

R7276 Bolsover II – Photo

R7277 FOREMOST (H. J. Heinz & Co.)

R7278 BIRKENHEAD

R7279 KING’S MESSENGER

R7290 DONNINGTONIAN

R7291 TRUSTWORTHY (H. J. Heinz & Co.)

R7292 NEWBURY I

R7293 SANS TACHE

R7294 DERRICK (Wm. Laing & Son)

R7295 THE PASTURES (W. H. Holbert, Esq.)

R7296 NEWBURY II

R7297 IDEAL (H. J. Heinz & Co.)

R7298 ROTHERHAM AND DISTRICT

R7299 AITCH AITCH (Lord Hirst)

R7333 THE KIRBY I

R7334 PERFECT (H. J. Heinz & Co.)

R7335 THE KIRBY II

R7336 HOMINIS VIS (Hovis Ltd.)

R7338 PAPYRUS (National Paper Trades)

R7339 MAH-TAL (J. Latham Ltd.)

R7340 NAB (Nuneaton and District)

R7343 HEXHAM AND DISTRICT

W3133 CAWNPORE I

W3137 BRUM I (Birmingham)

W3168 CAWNPORE II

W3170 HENLEY-ON-THAMES

W3171 HUDDERSFIELD I

W3172 HUDDERSFIELD II

W3173 BARWELL (and Hinckley U.D.C.)

W3174 OSWALD FINNEY I

W3181 CITY OF LEEDS I

W3182 CITY OF LEEDS III

W3185 LORD LLOYD I

W3186 OSWALD FINNEY II

W3187 LORD LLOYD II

W3207 ABBOTSHAUGH FALKIRK

W3208 EASTBOURNE

W3209 EDMONTON-LONDON-ALBERTA

W3210 MALTA (Anglo-Maltese League)

W3211 NORMAN MERRETT

W3212 GHAWDEX (Anglo-Maltese League)

W3213 CECIL MACKAY

W3214 METAL TRADE, AUSTRALIA

W3215 MARKSMAN (Marks & Spencer)

W3216 MAIDENHEAD AND DISTRICT

W3236 LLANELLY

W3238 THE LONDON BUTCHER

W3239 BOB (R. Lowenstein, Esq.)

W3240 CITY OF LEEDS II

W3241 L.E.P. (London Provisions Exchange)

W3242 CRISPIN OF LEICESTER

W3243 THE FALKIRK BAIRN

W3244 DEVON SQUADRON

W3245 LINCOLN IMP Photo

W3246 DEVON SQUADRON

W3247 CITY OF HULL III

W3248 LETCHWORTH

W3249 BALTIC EXCHANGE III

W3250 CENTRAL PROVlNCES BERAR II

W3251 CENTRAL PROVINCES BERAR I

W3252 CENTRAL PROVINCES BERAR III

W3253 CENTRAL PROVINCES BERAR IV

W3254 CENTRAL PROVINCES BERAR V

W3308 WINDSOR LAD

W3309 THE WILTSHIRE I

W3313 NIKE (M. Embirious, New York)

W3314 HOSIERY FLIGHT, LEICESTER

W3315 STOCKTON, THORNABY, BILLINGHAM AND TEES

W3316 CITY OF SALFORD

W3317 NEWPORT HUNDREDS AND WOLVERTON URBAN DISTRICT

W3318 JEWELLERY, WATCH & ALLIED TRADES

W3319 WINCHESTER AND DISTRICT

W3320 The Darlington Spitfire – Photo

W3321 ELCARDO THE THISTLE

W3322 HENDON GRIFFON

W3323 THE NEW FOREST

W3324 NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE II

W3325 NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE I

W3326 MESOPOTAMIA

W3327 HORSHAM AND DISTRICT

W3328 THE FLYING FOX

W3329 SPIRIT OF URUGUAY

W3330 VECTIS (Isle of Wight)

W3331 THE KING RUFUS

W3332 HENDON GRIFFON

W3333 HENDON PEGASUS – Photo

W3334 PROGRESS I (Blackpool)

W3403 THE DOG FIGHTER (Kennel Club)

W3405 MONMOUTH, CHEPSTOW AND FOREST OF DEAN

W3408 MR. & MRS. ALBERT EHRMAN

W3409 THE PERUVIAN OILFIELDS

W3410 LANCASTRIAN

W3412 RHODESIAN PIONEER

W3430 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT (see also BL590)

W3431 KAAPSTAD III (Cape Town)

W3432 CORDELL HULL

W3434 ABERDARE AND MOUNTAIN AIR

W3436 THE MIDLAND BAKER

W3437 KAAPSTAD II (Cape Town)

W3438 KAAPSTAD I (Cape Town)

W3439 KAAPSTAD IV (Cape Town)

W3440 TRENGGANU

W3441 ALLOWAY (Montreal)

W3442 PROGRESS II (Blackpool)

W3443 CAPE TOWN I

W3444 NEW YORKLIN (Montreal) – Photo

W3445 CAPETOWN II

W3446 JENNIFER (Montreal)

W3447 CAPETOWN IV

W3448 CAPE TOWN III

W3449 BOROUGH OF ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE

W3450 DUNOTTAR CASTLE

W3451 PROGRESS III (Blackpool Corporation)

W3452 MIDNIGHT SUN (Forces in Iceland)

W3453 COUNTY BOROUGH OF READING

W3454 HESTON AND ISLEWORTH

W3455 SMETHWICK

W3456 WATFORD

W3457 CYNON VALLEY

W3458 MIRFIELD

W3459 CAPE TOWN V

W3460 CAPETOWN VI

W3461 KAAPSTAD V

W3502 WOLDS AND BUCKROSE

W3505 HENDON ENDEAVOUR

W3506 HENDON LAMB – Photo

W3528 WDFUNZ / LEVIN – Women’s Division of Farmers Union of New Zealand. Levin was the New-Zealand home town of W3528’s regular pilot, Sgt Lyn Griffith. [h/t to Zac Yates for the info about Levin & Griffith] – Photo

W3529 CAITHNESS (replaced R7057)

W3578 SOUTHLAND I

W3579 SOUTHLAND II

W3604 BLACK IMP

W3626 RUANDA

W3628 OMAN (Persian Gulf Forces)

W3630 KUWAIT (Persian Gulf Forces)

W3631 BAHRAIN II

W3632 BAHREIN (Persian Gulf Residents)

W3640 SOUTHLAND III

W3644 LYTHAM ST.ANNES

W3645 JOSEPH SNOOKA (Johannesburg) or JOSEPH SNOOKA later WAIKATO

W3647 SADDLEWORTH

W3648 WISBECH

W3649 “SHEPLEY” (Mrs. Shepley) – Photo – P/O Douglas Shepley of 152 Squadron was reported missing after combat against Ju 88s on 12 August 1940. He was only 22. His mother and widow raised £5,700 in North Derbyshire and South Yorkshire to buy a Spitfire, which was to be Spitfire Mk Vb W3649. Tragically, his sister Jeanne had been killed on 17 October 1939 when the S Yorkshire was torpedoed, and his older brother George was killed on 31 May 1940 when his Lysander II of 16 Squadron was shot down in error over Dunkirk by Spitfires.

W3650 SLAMANAC

W3651 CARBINE (Victoria Racing Club)

W3652 BLUE CHARM (Brig. Gen. Lindemann) Photo

W3653 DONCASTER

W3654 MARCH BROWN (Brig. Gen. Lindemann)

W3655 SILVER GREY (Brig. Gen. Lindemann)

W3656 AFRIC SCOT (Caldedonian Society)

W3657 PENDLE (Nelson, Lancs)

W3697 HOWRAH

W3704 QACHA’S NEK

W3756 JOHN STEVENS or JOHN STEPHENS

W3757 BRUCE STEVENS or BRUCE STEPHENS

W3761 BLUE NOSE (Halifax Chronicle, Nova Scotia)

W3762 JUNAGARH (Nawab of)

W3763 THANE OF FIFE / THE THANE OF FIFE

W3764 FUN OF THE FAIR (Showmen’s Guild)

W3765 ROLLERS SPITFIRE (Hoffman Bearings)

W3766 WANDSWORTH (Putney, Roehampton and Southfields)

W3767 WANDSWORTH (Streatham and Central Division)

W3768 HIGHAM FERRERS-IRTHLINGBOROUGH

W3769 WEST INDIAN STATES

W3722 MORAY (Elgin)

W3773 LEYLAND (U.D.C.)

W3774 SAMSON (A. McAlpine & Son) Photo

W3775 RUSHDEN’S HELL FOR LEATHER

W3814 POPOCATEPETL (Mexico)

W3815 SIERRA LEONE II

W3816 (Mk Vb) DAILY TELEGRAPH / THE SHOPMATE (John White and Northampton Evening Telegraph) – Note: “The Shopmate” written on right side of the fuselage – Photo

W3817 WELLINGBOROUGH (John White and Northampton Evening Telegraph)

W3820 THE RHONDDA

W3821 PEMBA III

W3822 ZANZIBAR IV

W3823 HOLT I (Herbert Holt and Major Andrew Holt through the ‘Who’s For Britain Fund’ of Canada)

W3824 HOLT II (Herbert Holt and Major Andrew Holt through the ‘Who’s For Britain Fund’ of Canada)

W3825 HOLT III (Herbert Holt and Major Andrew Holt through the ‘Who’s For Britain Fund’ of Canada)

W3826 HOLT IV (Herbert Holt and Major Andrew Holt through the ‘Who’s For Britain Fund’ of Canada)

W3827 HOLT V (Herbert Holt and Major Andrew Holt through the ‘Who’s For Britain Fund’ of Canada)

W3828 HOLT VI (Herbert Holt and Major Andrew Holt through the ‘Who’s For Britain Fund’ of Canada)

W3829 HOLT VII (Herbert Holt and Major Andrew Holt through the ‘Who’s For Britain Fund’ of Canada)

W3830 HOLT VIII (Herbert Holt and Major Andrew Holt through the ‘Who’s For Britain Fund’ of Canada)

W3831 HOLT IX (Herbert Holt and Major Andrew Holt through the ‘Who’s For Britain Fund’ of Canada)

W3832 HOLT X (Herbert Holt and Major Andrew Holt through the ‘Who’s For Britain Fund’ of Canada)

W3833 HOLT XI (Herbert Holt and Major Andrew Holt through the ‘Who’s For Britain Fund’ of Canada)

W3834 HOLT XII (Herbert Holt and Major Andrew Holt through the ‘Who’s For Britain Fund’ of Canada)

W3835 HOLT XIIA (Herbert Holt and Major Andrew Holt through the ‘Who’s For Britain Fund’ of Canada)

W3836 HOLT XIV (Herbert Holt and Major Andrew Holt through the ‘Who’s For Britain Fund’ of Canada)

W3837 EVENING TELEGRAPH

W3838 VALPARAISO (Chile)

W3839 KETTERING DISTRICT

W3840 JOHN PEEL’S HUNTER (West Cumberland)

W3842 ST. KITTS NEVIS I

W3843 ST. KITTS NEVIS II

W3844 COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY

W3845 JOHN MACKINTOSH

W3847 TRAVANCORE I

W3848 TRAVANCORE, II

W3850 WESTMORLAND I

W3851 NYASALAND I

W3852 USCO VEREENIGING

W3853 NYASALAND II

W3893 NYASALAND IV

W3894 NYASALAND III

W3895 NYASALAND V

W3896 NYASALAND VI

W3897 NYASALAND VII

X4592 ST. GEORGE

X4593 KERALA (Madras Mail)

X4594 ANDHRADESA (Madras Mail)

X4595 TOMILAND (Madras Mail)

X4599 PLYMOUTH AND SOUTHSEA I

X4600 PLYMOUTH AND SOUTHSEA II

X4601 ARGONAUT (City of Hull)

X4602 BAHAMAS I

X4604 CEYLON II

X4605 CEYLON III

X4606 CEYLON V

X4613 FALKLAND ISLANDS IX – (read comment by Bob L below)

X4614 FALKLAND ISLANDS I – (read comment by Bob L below)

X4615 FALKLAND ISLANDS II – (read comment by Bob L below)

X4616 FALKLAND ISLANDS IV – (read comment by Bob L below)

X4617 FALKLAND ISLANDS III – (read comment by Bob L below)

X4619 FALKLAND ISLANDS VI – (read comment by Bob L below)

X4620 FALKLAND ISLES VII  – more probably FALKLAND ISLANDS VII (read comment by Bob L below)

X4621 MARTIN EVANS BEVAN

X4622 FALKLAND ISLANDS V – (read comment by Bob L below)

X4623 SCILLONIA

X4642 FALKLAND ISLANDS VIII – (read comment by Bob L below) – Photo

X4643 FALKLAND ISLANDS X – (read comment by Bob L below)

X4644 SARKAR I TIRHUT

X4664 F.A.N.Y. (Regimental Club)

X4665 – Mk Va – EARL SHILTON – Photo

X4666 KAFFRARIA I

X4667 HUDDERSFIELD III

X4668 BURDAGE

X4669 KAFFRARIA II

X4670 THE BRIGHT VENTURA

X4906 BATH

X4907 MACCLESFIELD

X4908 INVICTA (Southern Railway)

X4909 KENSINGTON II

X4910 KENSINGTON I

X4911 BOURNEMOUTH

X4912 SUTTON COLDFIELD

X4913 FLYING SCOTSMAN (L.N.E.R.)

X4914 COCK OF THE NORTH (L.N.E.R.)

X4915 CITY OF HULL II

X4916 CITYOFHULL I

X4917 GREENOCK

X4819 WEST BROMWICH

X4820 VICTOR (Jas. Kerr, Johannesburg)

X4821 NIX OVER SIX PRIMUS

X4823 NIX OVER SIX SECUNDUS

X4924 SIR HARRY AND LADY OAKES I

X4925 SIR HARRY AND LADY OAKES II

X4936 IN MEMORY OF R. J. MITCHELL

X4941 SWANSEA II

X4994 THEDERBYRAM

AA862 BLACKBURN II

AA864 DIRTY GIRTY VANCOUVER

AA865 EUSTACE (Manchester Fund)

AA866 MANCHESTER WEATHERPROOF

AA871 ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS – Photo

AA873 MANCHESTER AIR CADET

AA874 MANCHESTER SCHOLAR

AA875 MANCHESTER KILLER

AA877 MANCHESTER CHAIRMAN

AA878 MANCHESTER MERCHANT TRADER

AA879 (Mk Vb) MANCHESTER CIVIL DEFENDER – Photo 1 | Photo 2

AA880 MANCHESTER SMITHFIELD MARKET

AA881 (Mk Vb) MANCHESTER CORPORATION TRANSPORTER – Photo 1 | Photo 2

AA882 BOROUGH OF WANSTEAD AND WOODFORD (Transferred ex P8789)

AA926, Spitfire Mk Vb, JERSEY I

Donated to the RCAF by W. A. Black, a Montral businessman and the president of Ogilvie Flour Mills who had retired to the island of Jersey but left when the Germans occupied it. AA926 carried the name JERSEY I on the starboard side. The aircraft was flown at No 401 Squadron (RCAF) by P/O Ian Ormston, who painted his wife’s name, Marguerite, on the port side. Source: Spitfire II, the Canadians by Robert Bracken Photo 1 | Photo 2 | Photo 3

AA967 INDIAN TELEGRAPHS

AA968 BOMBAY & BARODA CENTRAL INDIAN RAILWAY

AA973 BIHAR V

AA975 THE BOY DAVID (Lady Davidson)

AA976 GRANDOTEL (Manchester)

AA978 A.N. KENION

AA979 YAUNDE (French Cameroon)

AA980 KAAPSTAD VI

AA981 KOLHAPUR I (Maharajah of)

AA982 CITY OF LIVERPOOL

AB167 KOLUAPUR II (Maharajah of)

AB169 HOYLAKE AND WIRRAL

AB177 I.S.P. (Incorporated Society of Planters, Malaya)

AB181 ONEFROMAVRO

AB184 CAMEROON FRANCAIS

AB185 KOLHAPUR III

AB188 FORESTRY COMMISSION

AB192 (Mk Vb) ORGANILIL (N.E.I.) (Exact text: ‘Organilil’) Photo

AB198 CENTRAL PROVINCES OF BERAR VI

AB199 MESPOTAMIA (Britons in Iraq)

AB201 DOROTHY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE EMPIRE

AB202 PUDOKKOTTAI NAGARATHURS

AB206 BIHAR VI

AB207 BIHAR VII

AB208 LANCASTRIA AVENGER I

AB209 LANCASTRIA AVENGER IV

AB210 LANCASTRIA AVENGER V

AB212 LANCASTRIA AVENGER III

AB213 LANCASTRIA AVENGER II

AB216 NIGERIA OYO PROVINCE Photo Photo 2

AB453 KENYA DAISY

AB489 HARROW BULLDOG

AB842 STAFFORDIAN – Exact markings “THE STAFFORDIAN”

AB850 CANTERBURY

AB870 HAWKES BAY I / DANNEWIRKE

AB894 THE HALLOW SPITFIRE

AB917 – Mk Vb – THE INSPIRER (Wolverhampton Express and Star) – Exact text on starboard and port sides : “THE INSPIRER” – Photo – Photo 2

AB918 WELLINGTON I – Photo

AB935 GINGERBREAD

AB965 PALEMBANG OELOE III

AB974 B.B. & C.I. RAILWAY

AB983 SINGALANG (N.E.I.)

AB984 WEST BORNEO III (N.E.I.)

AB991 BRIERLEY HILL

AB994 GINGERBREAD (Marquis of Donegal)

AD116 TWICKENHAM I

AD132 BIHAR III

AD204 ANDOVERIAN (Andover)

AD210 ARUBA (N.E.I.)

AD228 CHESHIRE COUNTY II

AD230 PALEM BANG OELOE IV

AD231 WEST BORNEO II

AD232 BIHAR I

AD233 WEST BORNEO I

AD234 GERFALCON (Emmetts)

AD236 BIHAR II

AD237 DHANABAD JHARIA

AD238 BOROUGH OF BARNES

AD239 HOELOESOENGAI (N.E.I.)

AD241 TWICKENHAM II

AD242 BIHAR IV

AD243 TAPANOELI (N.E.I.)

AD246 RAJNA GAR

AD248 CHESHIRE COUNTY I

AD251 WILLENHALL (Council)

AD257 BOROUGH OF WILLESDEN

AD259 ILFORD (Essex)

AD260 MlSS A.B.C. I (A.B.C. Cinemas)

AD263 MISS A.B.C. II (A.B.C. Cinemas)

AD264 PAISLEY (Thread Works)

AD265 CHESHIRE COUNTY III

AD292 THE CANNOCK CHASER

AD294 MISS A.B.C. III (A.B.C. Cinemas)

AD303 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF HOSIERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION

AD309 MISS A.B.C. IV (A.B.C. Cinemas)

AD312 CAMBRIDGE (and Newnham)

AD321 FIREFLY (Turner & Newall Ltd.)

AD322 EVERlTE

AD325 WESTMORLAND II

AD327 SOLAIRE ROSS (Shire)

AD328 SANGRE CHARRÚA (Spanish for “Uruguayan Blood”)

AD331 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF HOSIERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION

AD348 ALAS BEL URUGUAY

AD351 MONTEVIDEO

AD356 THE BLACK EAGLE (Truman, Hanbury, Buxton & Co.)

AD357 LElCESTER DIVISION

AD364 TURNALL (Turner & Newall Ltd.)

AD366 WIGTOWNSHlRE

AD368 PRESTWICK

Gift by Walter Kennedy Whigham, a wealthy banker and named after one of his two favourite golf courses. See also AD372.

AD369 KANO II

AD370 ENDEAVOUR (Wates Ltd.)

AD372 SANDWICH

Gift by Walter Kennedy Whigham, a wealthy banker and named after one of his two favourite golf courses. See also AD368.

AD375 NORMANTON (Altofts and Whitwood)

AD381 THE PLESSEY SPITFIRE

AD384 GEO. S. PARKER (Pen Co.)

AD387 NORTH STAR

AD393 GOENTOER (N.E.I.)

AD396 ARDJOENO (N.E.I.)

AD417 YR HEN BONT (Pontypridd)

AD420 KANO I

AD424 ARDUA SPlTFIRE

AD498 SOUTH WEST LANCASHIRE – Photo

AD504 NOTTS MINER

AD505 CONDOR (La Paz Fund, Bolivia)

AD506 MISS HERRlN

AD540 BLUE PETER (Newmarket Stables)

AD548 DELHI III

BF474 CANADIAN PACIFIC

BL238 SCOTT OF MAFETENG

BL258 CANADIAN PACIFIC (Employees)

BL439 ST. LUCIA (Windward Isles)

BL463 BERAR I

BL525 ELCARDO THE THISTLE

BL538 AMBON (N.E.I.)

BL539 LANDSTURM (N.E.I.)

BL549 AMBARAWA (N.E.I.)

BL569 BERAR II

BL581 MOESI-ILIR (N.E.I.) – Exact text : “MOESI-ILIR” – Photo

BL589 LEGION OF IMPERIAL FRONTIERSMEN

BL590 (Mk Vb) PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT – Photo (see also W3430)

BL613 I.M.C. (N.E.I.)

BL618 FRENCH HOPE THE FlRST

BL621 POERWOKERTO (N.E.I.)

BL622 SERANG (N.E.I.)

BL629 GARONTALO (N.E.I.)

BL630 BLYTHE SPIRlT (Post Office Savings Bank) – Exact text : “BLYTHE SPIRIT POST”, written on staboard side – Photo

Early in World War II, Savings Bank staff raise more than £5000 to buy this Spitfire for the RAF and named it after the HQ, Blythe House.
https://nsandi-corporate.com/about-nsi/our-heritage-timeline#wartime_period_ww2 

BL635 SALATIGA (N.E.I.)

BL636 BOROUGH OF ACTON

BL637 STONE (and District)

BL642 HAN OMAN (N.E.I.)

BL661 MENADO (N.E.I.)

BL664 TEGAL (N.E.I.)

BL670 – Mk Vb – EVER READY II – Funded by the Ever Ready Battery Company – Photo

BL676 BANDOWOSO

BL685 BRASTAGI (N.E.I.)

BL694 SAGLE (Wings for Britain Fund)

BL709 ST. IVES, CORNWALL

BL718 RINDSJANI (N.E.I.)

BL720 GEDEH (N.E.I.)

BL721 GARUT (N.E.I.)

BL812 LlCHFlELD

BL827 ELIZABETH (W. Anderson, Esq.)

BL831 Mk Vb SKAGEN IND  (Free Danish Community) – Exact text “SKAGEN Ind.” – Photo

BL855 NIELS EBBESEN (Free Danish Community)

BL900 THE CANADIAN POLICEMAN – Photo

BL924 VALDEMAR ATTERDAG – Photo

BM116 THE RED ROSE (Lancashire Constabulary Wardens Service)

BM124 QUEENSALOTE – Exact markings “QUEEN SALOTE”, with a rose or crown between the two words – Photo

BM155 JOE AND ROY (Davies Bros. Ltd.)

BM160 ASSAM IX

BM161 BOTAFOGO (Rio de Janeiro)

BM196 BOROUGH OF BRENTFORD & CHISWICK

BM197 LULU OF MAKETENG

BM202 FLYING SCOTSMAN (L.N.E.R.) – Photo – Photo 2

BM205 NOVA SCOTIA

BM229 SILVER BLUE (Brig. Gen. Lindemann)

BM230 GERFALCON (C. W. Boise, Esq.) – Appears to have been the presentation name “RUANDA” (partially erased on photos)

BM233 B.B. & C.I. RAILWAY – Markings : “B. B. &. C. I. / RAILWAY No. FIVE”

BM234 HOPE OF CHEADLE

BM236 FELLOWSHIP OF BELLOWS (Columbia)

BM240 CLIFTON CINEMAS – Photo

BM241 EL CONQUISTADOR (Columbia)

BM244 SPEN VALLEY

BM247 DELHI

BM252 BOMBAY CITY – Markings : “BOMBAY CITY 4” – Photo

BM256 DOROTHY MARY (Canada)

BM260 POPEYE’S PAL (G. Wimpey & Co.)

BM262 LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER

BM263 THE LORD MAYOR

BM264 SHETLANDER

BM265 PRIDE OF NEWPORT

BM270 PRIDE OF PUERTO RICO

BM301 ADMIRATION (Mrs. Fyfe-Jamieson)

BM321 BOMBAY CITY 6

BM399 UPPER WARD OF LANARKSHIRE

BM420 SPIRIT OF KENT (Lord Cornwallis)

BM634 O BANDEIRANTE

BR168 HAMADRYAD (Guthie & Co.)

BS227 MAGIC CARPET (Hampton & Sons)

BS545 BRAZIL No. I

BS546 O GUARANG (Bellows Fellowship)

EE602 CENTRAL RAILWAY URUGUAYAN STAFF

EE613 PERMANENT WAVE

EE641 EE641 BOROUGH OF FALMOUTH

EN137(?) BAHRAIN-III – Photo – Note: the aircraft seen on this photo is most likely not EN137. EN137 was an early-production Mk IX Spitfire with the earlier-style small carburettor intake. In addition, the aircraft appears to carry the 5J of No 126 Squadron. EN137 is not recorded as having served with No 126 Squadron. The actual serial number for “BAHRAIN-III” is unknown at this point but almost certainly not EN137.

EN138 BAHRAIN IV

EN180 ALDABRA

EN525 CENTRAL URUGAYAN RAILWAYS URUGAYAN STAFF

EN582 MARYLEBONE

EN620 MAIDUGURI PRVINCE

EN764 KENTISH MAN

EN769 ALBERTVILLE (Belgian Congo)

EN780 MAORI I

EN781 MAORI II

EN791 WEALD OF KENT

EN794 USOKE

EN796 LUVUNGI STANLEYVILLE (Belgian Congo)

EN830 CHISLEHURST & SIDCUP – Photo

EN831 MARY P. LYLE LONDON

EN851 LIMA CHALLENGER – Written on starboard side – Photo

EN852 MARYLEBONE

EN893 BEXLEY

EN905 KENYA DAISY later SCHIPHOL

EN915 S.M.M.T.

EN944 BROMLEY

EN953 HOLDSWORTHY

EN957 LONDON TRANSPORT

EN961 CITY OF WELLS

EN966 FIDUCIA (Royal Army Pay Corps)

EP118 MIDDLEBOROUGH

EP119 THE CITY OF WAKEFIELD or CITY OF WAKEFIELD

EP121 RED LICHTIE

EP166 O BANDEIRANTE

EP183 HILVERSUM

EP233 FAVERSHAM

EP288 CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY

EP395 FAVERSHAM

EP463 ALSACE-LORRAINE

EP491 ALBERTVILLE

EP499 URUGUAY IX

EP503 GOLD COAST

EP506 GOLD COAST

EP507 GOLD COAST V ??

EP509 GOLD COAST V ??

EP540 GUJARAT AGENCY

EP641 EDINBURGH I

EP642 EDINBURGH II

EP688 BABS

EP768 LORD AUSTIN

EP970 ARGENTEUIL (Quebec)

ER174 FORWARD ONE (Mrs. Stuart, New Jersey)

ER176 FORWARD TWO (Mrs. Stuart, New Jersey)

ER194 KOOINOO

ER196 FLT./LT. B. MORELAND DENNY

ER197 ALLCIA (C.I.A, M.O.S.)

ER206 BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON – Photo

ER213 COULSDEN AND PURLEY

ER220 BOROUGH OF EALING

ER476 CANADIAN LADIES GOLF UNION or CANADIAN LAD

ER614 WAD MEDANI/BLUE NILE

ER624 WILLIAM and LEWES or WILLIAM | (WILLIAM (W. Anderson, Esq.)

ER636 PERSIAN GULF SPITFIRE or P.G. SPITFIRE

ER637 LEWES

ER722 NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY I

ER734 EL LIBERTADOR

ER762 NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY | N.W. RAILWAY II PUNJAB

ER762 N.W. RAILWAY II PUNJAB

ER771 ALBRINA (A. Ehrman, Esq.)

ER778 SPIRIT OF BEVERLEY

ER782 ASSAM X or ASSAM X DIGBOI ASSAM

ER783 LIMA CHALLENGER II

ER787 HISSAR IV PUNJAB or HISSAR IV

ER810 INCA (Lima, Peru)

ER811 B.B. &C.I. RAILWAY No. VI or B.B. &C.I. RAILWAY

ER815 NORTH WESTERB RAILWAY III or N.W. RAILWAY III PUNJAB

ER816 DHANBAD JHARIA II

ER818 BANGALORE III

ER819 GURDASPUR I

ER822 AMBALA III PUNJAB

ER823 GURDASPUR II PUNJAB

ER824 NIGERIA KABALA PROVINCE

ER825 GURGAON IV or GURGAON, PUNJAB

ER829 BENIN PROVINCE

ER830 GURDASPUR III

ER833 NIGERIA BENUE PROVINCE

ER834 KYNSNA

ER846 RICKMANSWORTH

ER852 SPIRIT OF URUGUAY II

ER855 BIHAR VIII

ER859 SPIRIT OF URUGUAY III

ES359 BIHAR VIII

JG687 A.V.B. THE FIRST

JG720 Lt.COL. SIR EMMANUEL HOYLE Bt.,O.B.E.,J.P.

JG738 EL OBEID KURDOFAN

JG806 PORT SUDAN/KASSALA

JG836 LAKE ST. JOHN

JG875 BEM-TE-VI (Rio de Janeiro)

JG916 OMDURMAN/KHARTOUM

JG950 KASSALA TOWN AND PROVINCE

JK132 EL FASHER/DARFUR PROVINCE

JK134 JUBA PROVINCE

JK188 KHARTOUM CITY AND PROVINCE

JK191 MALAKAL/UPPER NILE

JK255 BARAKAT/BLUE NILE

JK260 ATBARA

JK400 PERSIANGULF

JK509 WADIHALFA

JK975 THE SCOTTISH JAMES

JK981 BOROUGH OF WOOD GREEN

MA747 – Mk IX – “HEH Nizam’s State Railway No. 2′. The Spitfire was very likely funded by the Nizam’s Guaranteed State Railway in the Hyderabad State, India. – Photo

MA819 BARNSLEY CHOP

MH473 – Mk IX – “Royal Eltham and New Eltham Spitfire” – purchased by the town of Eltham, Kent. – Photo 1 – Photo 2

MH489 “RED ROSE II” – Photo

MH819 “RED ROSE III” – Photo

MJ502 PRINCE TUNGI TONGA No.II Photo

ML117 EL QUEQUEISQUE

Photo sources

All the photos on this page are included for reference and are believed to be in the public domain (Crown Copyright or US Federal Government photos). If you believe one of the photos is subject to copyright, please contact me for removal.

Sources and links :

• • Gifts of War – Presentation Spitfire’s – Did your town have one?
  • Presentation Spitfire | The Spitfire Site
  • El Quequeisque, The Story of a Football Spitfire | The Spitfire Site

ML407 was built at Castle Bromwich in early 1944 as a Mark IX single-seat fighter. It first served with No 485 (New Zealand) Squadron and F/O Johnnie Houlton DFC used it to claim the first enemy aircraft to be shot down over the Normandy beach-head on 6 June 1944. It later served with No 341 (Free French) Squadron, No 308 (Polish) Squadron, No 349 (Belgian) Squadron, No 345 (Free French) Squadron, No 332 (Norwegian) Squadron and finally back to No 485 (New Zealand) Squadron at the cessation of hostilities. During the course of its wartime career, it flew 176 operational combat sorties for a total of 319 combat hours.

Post war, it was converted by Vickers-Armstrong to a TR.9 two-seat trainer and served with the Irish Air Corps at Baldonnel until 1968. It was restored to airworthiness from 1979 to 1985 by engineer Nick Grace who converted it to its current configuration. When Nick Grace died in an accident in 1988, his widow Carolyn Grace learned to fly it, and displayed ML407 in numerous airshows from 1991 to 2017 in memory of Nick Grace. The aircraft is now stil being flown for displays and passenger rides by a team of pilots led by Carolyn and Nick’s son Richard Grace.

You can learn more about the “Grace Spitfire” here, or even better : book a flight in her !

Prints of ML407 with and without invasion stripes are available from Bravo Bravo Aviation

These profiles are part of a set created for the book Squadrons ! No.31: The Supermarine Spitfire Mk V – The New Zealanders by Phil H. Listemann.

Unsurprisingly, as I was working on the correction, I realized there was another mistake I’d made. And then another one. Having more material available now than I had when I created the original version, I ended up making many, many other corrections, with the (probably) final result looking like this:

Can you spot the differences ? (You can find the list of differences at the bottom of this article).

As time goes by, we all learn from our mistakes and gain experience and knowledge, and I thought I’d share a few things I’ve learned in the years that separate these two illustrations.

Operation Rutter and Invasion Stripes

A common misconception is that the white invasion stripes seen here were used for Operation Jubilee, the catastrophic Dieppe landings of 19 August 1942. They were actually applied for Operation Rutter, the original Dieppe invasion plan scheduled for July 4-8, 1942. Shortly before the planned invasion, the Luftwaffe spotted and bombed the invasion force in the Solent.

Having lost the element of surprise and with poor weather forecasted, Operation Rutter was cancelled but was “resurrected” shortly after under the form of Operation Jubilee. The white stripes were NOT used during Operation Jubilee.

There aren’t that many photos of aircraft painted with the “Rutter stripes”, but here are a few well-known examples:

Here are a few noteworthy points, which might be of interest to enthusiasts, modelers or fellow artists:

• The “Rutter stripes” do not seem to have been applied to aircraft of all units planned to take part in the operation. As a matter of fact, the IWM footage from which some of these images were taken show that even within No 340 Squadron, not all aircraft received the stripes. This being said, one cannot exclude the possibility that the unpainted aircraft were painted after the footage was shot.
• In addition to the nose stripes, it appears that the aircraft spinners were also painted white (in place of the usual Sky). Sky and white are not easy to distinguish on black and white photos and videos, but the difference becomes clearer once you look for it.
• Two stripes were also painted on each horizontal stabilizer. These are often forgotten by artists and modellers as they are not very visible on photographs. Note that the location of the horizontal stabilizer stripes varied (compare Berg’s BM579 and Dupérier’s BM324, for example). On some aircraft, such as BM324, these stripes were only painted on the fixed part of the stabilizer, and did not extend to the control surfaces.

Here are the difference between the two profiles:

• Improved shading and lighting
• Rear-view mirror
• Aircraft code
• Aircraft serial
• Overpainted dorsal light
• Croix de Lorraine badge
• “Tomana” name
• Lower cowling paint demarcation
• Roundel colours
• Spinner
• Horizontal stabilizer stripes
• Cockpit vent beneath windscreen
• …and probably a few other details I’ve already forgotten about !

These profiles were made for Phil Listemann’s book Squadrons ! No. 30 – The Supermarine Spitfire Mk V – The Belgian & Dutch Squadrons, for which ten Spitfire Mk V profiles were commissioned. This was an opportunity to work on some interesting and unusual markings for RAF Spitfires. Although RAF policy was generally against any personal and unit markings, foreign pilots were understandably keen to adorn their aircraft with some form of reminder of their home country.