Cost of a Spitfire in 1940

[Hagar]

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

[ozzy72]

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

[Hagar]

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

[ozzy72]

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

[Felix/FFDS]

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)

[ozzy72]

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

[Felix/FFDS]

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).

[ozzy72]

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

[Professor Brensec]

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...............

[Hagar]

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

[HawkerTempest5]

Just out of interest Spitfire IXe ML407 cost