Waddington (Sunday)

[snapper8v]

A selection from me:-

 

[Buttkicker]

Excellent selection of images

 

[Dangermouse]

3 Spits going after BF109...........Cracking shot but there is a B&W conversion in that shot that would put it in a whole new ballpark, and I am not entirely sure its a BF109 the nose looks wrong......too small, anyone here got the planes reg

 

[snapper8v]

3 Spits going after BF109...........Cracking shot but there is a B&W conversion in that shot that would put it in a whole new ballpark, and I am not entirely sure its a BF109 the nose looks wrong......too small, anyone here got the planes reg

It sounded to have a Merlin up front

 

[Susane]

Nice! but I'm loving the 3rd.

 

[Dangermouse]

It sounded to have a Merlin up front

Dont get me wrong it is deffinately a Messerschmitt BF109 but a different MK to the ones we usually see

By the way the Tonka looks good on take off too

 

[Jamie H]

It does have a Merlin up front. It's not, strictly speaking, a Messerschmitt Bf109, it's a Hispano Buchon which is a licence built 109. They couldn't get enough DB engines to the Spanish and versions produced after 1945 were fitted with the Merlin.

Likewise the He 111's used in the film Battle of Britain are fitted with Merlin engines and not DB's or BMW's as they were ex Spanish AF.

 

[horrocks]

# 3 really is terrific, a classic shot. Love the way the looming Spitfires are out of focus.

The Merlin engined 109s had a different nose profile.

 

[snapper8v]

# 3 really is terrific, a classic shot. Love the way the looming Spitfires are out of focus.
The Merlin engined 109s had a different nose profile.

I'm quite surprised that nobody's converted it to B&W . Anyway:-

 

[Manxmaid]

I can only echo the comments above about #3 - great timing for a cracking shot. Also like #4 very much.