Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB/VC

Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB/VC

  • Role: Fighter
  • Dimensions: Wingspan 11.23 m, Length 9.12 m, Height 3.86 m
  • Engine: 1 x Rolls-Royce Merlin 45 (1515 hp)
  • Armament: 2 x 20mm Hispano MK II machine guns, 4 x 0.303in Browning Mk II machine guns, 500 lb of bomb payload
  • Crew: 1
  • Number in service: 107
  • Country of production: Great Britain
  • Years in service: 1943 – 1953

Greece received the first Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB/VC from the British in the MIddle East at the end of 1943. Initially they equipped the 336 Interceptor Squadron and afterwards the 335 Interceptor Squadron. After extensive military action over North Africa and Jugoslavia, the Greek Spitfires returned to Greece in October 1944. After they took part to the early battles of the Civil War, they were replaced in combat duties by new versions and, from 1947, they were used for training in combat tactics in the Air Force Flight School.