Below - 2nd Lt Robert L 'Junior' Priser ex 71 Eagle Sqn posing by Spitfire Vb XR-A. 334th FS, 4th FG, 8AF USAAF.

Below - Spitfire Vb'S 309th FS, 31st FG, 15th AF,High Ercall airbase, August 1942.




Below -Spitfire Vb Unit: 334th FS, 4th FG
Serial: XR-K
Pilot - Capt.Steve N.Pisanos ('The Greek'). He joined to 334th FS on 24th October 1942 from 71st Sqn, RAF. Shot down in a P-51B on 5th March 1944, evaded and returned on 2nd September 1944. To 67th FW on 9th September 1944. Completed 106 WW2 sorties. He flew this Spitfire with 71st Squadron RAF then with 334th FS.

Below - Spitfire V, originally served with 64 Sq.It was apparently a presentation aircraft and called "Sierra Leone II"
A lend lease it served with the 4th PS

Below -Spitfire Vb 336th FS, 4th FG (ex 133 Sqn, RAF), 8th AF, USAAF Spike Miley

Below- Spitfire Mk V Capt Don Willis 335th FS 4th FG


Below Spitfire Mk.Vb from the 52nd FG 2nd Sq.

Below -Mk VIII 307th FS, 31st FG, 15th AF, USAAF Maj Virgil c Fields Feb 44

Below - Spitfire Vb-Major Robert Levin CO 4th FS 52nd FG 12th AF

Below - 5th FS, 52nd FG, 12th AF, USAAF North Africa Feb 43

Below - Spitfire Vb 307th FS, 31st FG, 15th AF, USAAF Italy landings shot down by friendly fire


Below - Spitfire Vb- clipped BL680,14th Photo Squadron




Below - Spitfire VB of the 107th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron code AX 67thTRG Membury, England, 1943.

67th in flight

Below - Spitfire Vb 531st FS

Below - Spitfire Vb,s probably 309th FS, 31st FG, USAAF N-Africa

Below - Spitfire Vc - taken 43 USA

Below - Spitfire Vb's war weary probably used as hacks of 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group at Mount Farm.



Below - Spifire Mk VIII -Capt Tommy Molland 308th FS Castel Volturno 1944

Below - Spitfire Mk VIII -307thFS-31stFG-Italy 44

Below - Spitfire Vb 308th FS, 31st FG, 15th AF, USAAF North Africa 43

Below - Spitfire Mk.IXc MH894/WZ-JJ "Lady Ellen III" The airplane was flown by Lt. John Fawcett, of the 309th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, 15th Air Force, flying out of Castel Volturno, Italy. The date: February 1944.


Below - Mk-IX 309th FS, 31st FG, 15th AF, USAAF Tarquinia, Italy, August 1943.

Below- "Lonesome Polecat" was the mount of 1LT Bill Skinner, US Army Air Corps 31FG/308FS operational in Italy during March 1944


Below -Spitfire Mk. VIII, Serial unknown HL-K
308th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, 15th Air Force, USAAF.
Pilot - CO of 308th FS. Flown by Lt. Leland P. Molland. Castel Volturno, Italy. February, 1944.

Below 2 shots of Spitfire Mk.IXc the personal mount of Lt. Col. E. P. Allen 9th Tactical Air Command England 1944.


Below - Spitfire PR.Mk.XI's of the 14th PRS, 7th PRG, USAAF
























Regards Duggy

Nice stuff Duggy, thanks for this. I haven't paid much attention to US Spits before so I find it quite interesting that none of the PR XIs seem to have an oblique camera fitted.

I sent this too Harry a few days ago.
But now its all over the WEB.
So enjoy, it is a fantastic story.

heey... another Duggy jackpot, and I almost missed it.
Great stuff again

Thanks for posting these gems.

Spitfire nicknamed Dixie Mk. VI and (WZ-W) of the 309th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group.

Spitfire Mark VB (WZ-Y, BM635) of the 309th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group at Membury, 15 March 1943.

Spitfire (MX-R, serial number VB EN799) of the 31st Fighter Group.

Brigadier General James H. Doolittle in a Mk Vc Trop HL-M "Lobo" of the 308th FS. Tunisia.