Description
The Spitfire XVI is one of the Spitfire mark to have been so far little covered in depth. It was actually a Mk. IX engined with an American built Packard engine but otherwise it was very familar to a IX. Used in the fighter-bomber role, from the UK with the Fighter Command or from the Continent with the 2 TAF, one of the main task given to the XVI would be the destruction of the V-2 sites located in Holland. This book gives the details of the operations carried out by the British squadrons, Nos. 66, 74, 127, 229, 602 and 603. This study doesn't continue beyond the summer 1945. Thirty photos and 7 colour profiles. Revised September 2018, updated October 2021.
Author: Phil H. Listemann
Publisher: Philedition
Published: 03/06/2016
Pages: 42
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.11d
ISBN13: 9782918590866
ISBN10: 291859086X
BISAC Categories:
- History | Military | Aviation & Space
Author: Phil H. Listemann
Publisher: Philedition
Published: 03/06/2016
Pages: 42
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.11d
ISBN13: 9782918590866
ISBN10: 291859086X
BISAC Categories:
- History | Military | Aviation & Space
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