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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XIV

GENERAL DATA
Mark XIV, F.Mk.XIV
Fighter, Fighter Bomber,
Fighter Reconnaissance
1
Supermarine
957 ; Spitfire F.Mk.XIV: 527, Spitfire RF.Mk.XIV: 430
early 1943
January 1944

 

Variants
Rudder larger.
Had 'C' wing. Used normal canopy.
Had 'E' wing. Some wings were clipped for low altitude work. Bubble canopy.
Low level fighter and reconnaissance. Clipped wings. Bubble canopy. Oblique F.24 camera in the rear of the fuselage. An additional fuel tank was added to the fuselage.

DIMENSIONS
2994 kg
3856 kg
4433 kg
9.96 m
11.23 m
22.48 m²
3.86 m
133.5 kg/m²

 

ARMAMENT (C-wing)
4 × 20 mm Hispano Mk II Gun
4 x 120
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ARMAMENT (C-wing, Alt.)
2 × 20 mm Hispano Mk II Gun
2 x 120
4 × 7.7 mm (.303 in) Browning Mk II MG
4 x 350
ARMAMENT (E-wing)
2 × 20 mm Hispano Mk II Gun
2 x 120
2 × 12.7 mm (.50 in) M2 Browning MG
2 x 250
OTHER ARMAMENT
454 kg
Up to 8 x 76.2mm rockets
with 11 or 27kg warheads

 

POWERPLANT
1 × Rolls-Royce Merlin 65
supercharged V12, liquid cooling, 27 L
2050 hp at 3000 rpm
532 hp / ton *
554.6 L (internal) + 2 x 64 L drop tank (under wings)

(*) with loaded weight

PERFORMANCES
721 km/h (at 7925 m)
394 km/h
? km/h
13563 m
23.26 m/s
740** km, 1368 km (ferry range)

(*) vitesse de décrochage, (**) 998 km for the Reconnaissance variant

Sources
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