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Supermarine Spitfire Mk V Floatplane

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The first Spitfire floatplane was a conversion of a Mark I, the so called "Narvik Nightmare" R6722 which was produced at the time of the German invasion of Norway. The  floats from a Blackburn Roc were fitted but the trials were not successful and as the campaign rapidly drew to a close the project was suspended.

The idea was revived again at the beginning of the war in the Pacific against Japan. It was realised that a floatplane fighter would be essential in the island campaigns which seemed likely to follow. Folland Aircraft undertook the conversion of a Spitfire Mk Vb, W3760, with Supermarine designed floats. The carburettor air intake was extended to avoid spray, a shorter four blade propeller was fitted, cantilever pylons attached the floats to the inboard wing sections, a ventral fin replaced the tailwheel and the fin was extended slightly forward to increase the vertical tail surface area.


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Eastern Express  Supermarine Spitfire Mk V Floatplane
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