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Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb, BL687. A Spitfire VB transforned into a Seafire IB. BL687 has been equipped with an A-frame aresstor hook. This conversion took approximately 10,130 hours to complete, and it was not until 15 June 1942 that the first Seafire IB

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Title: Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb, BL687. A Spitfire VB transforned into a Seafire IB. BL687 has been equipped with an A-frame aresstor hook. This conversion took approximately 10,130 hours to complete, and it was not until 15 June 1942 that the first Seafire IB
Contributing Institution: San Diego Air and Space Museum Library and Archives
Collection: California’s Naval Aviation Heritage
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Description: Title:Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb, BL687. A Spitfire VB transforned into a Seafire IB. BL687 has been equipped with an A-frame aresstor hook. This conversion took approximately 10,130 hours to complete, and it was not until 15 June 1942 that the first Seafire IB was taken on charge by the Royal Navy. - Image from the Charles Daniels Photo Collection album: IWM/Duxford 84----PLEASE TAG this image with any information you know about it, so that we can permanently store this data with the original image file in our Digital Asset Management System.---- --Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
Type: image
Format: Photo
Identifier: Filename: 15_004028.tif
Catalog: 15_004028
PictionID: 44536080
Subject: BL687
Spitfire

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