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I came aross this site while doing some research . http://www.the-battle-of-britain.co.uk/index.html

Here's an interesting snippet of information.
[quote][color=Blue]THE COST OF A SPITFIRE In 1940
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At the time of 'The Spitfire Fund' the following price list of the major component parts of a Spitfire was issued by the Air Ministry in the summer of 1940.

Engine

Have you got Spitfire The History By Morgan and Shacklady Doug, its full of this kind of interesting stuff, it even has a breakdown of the weights of the various parts of the machine etc. Its amazing

No I don't think I have that one.

it even has a breakdown of the weights of the various parts of the machine etc

You mean like this? You obviously didn't check out my link.
[quote]The Weight of a Spitfire MK 1
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Fuselage & Fin

Aye, that would be a MkI with the three blade de Havilland prop I'd guess
The Morgan/Shacklady book weighs in at a good stone or so of amazing data, good history, a wealth of photos and schematics, and if you love warbirds and DON'T have this, then you're mad!!!

Mark

Can it really be a fighter if it doesn't have two wings, fixed gear, and an open cockpit (G. Gladiator excepted, but they were frequently flown with open canopy)

Yes it can Felix, ask any number of Dornier, Junkers, Heinkel, Messerschmidt etc etc pilots via a psychic link

Yes it can Felix, ask any number of Dornier, Junkers, Heinkel, Messerschmidt etc etc pilots via a psychic link

 I hate to disappoint you, but there were No19 squadron pilots that lamented the flying qualities of the Spit 1 vs the Gauntlets they had to give up (Mind you, the combat survivability in a Spit was better than in the Gauntlet).

Aye well the stats speak for themselves Felix...
Lets face it, if its not a Spit then its not 'proper' flyin'
That said I still like Tiger Moths

I saw a webpage ages ago (can't remember where or when, but I'll recall shortly) that gave a $US cost of all the US planes built throughout the War.

I recall the P47D had a cost (obviously to the USAAF) of around $35,000. How does that compare to the overall cost of the Spit listed above? (couldn't be bothered adding it all up)................

P.S. I think the webpage I'm thinking of was something like "WWII Fighter Aircraft" or something 'really obscure' like that...............

How does that compare to the overall cost of the Spit listed above? (couldn't be bothered adding it all up)................

According to my calculations that adds up to about

Just out of interest Spitfire IXe ML407 cost