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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVI

GENERAL DATA
Mark XVI, F.Mk.XVI, type 361
Fighter, Fighter Bomber,
Fighter Reconnaissance
1
Castle Bromwich
1054 (September 1944-August 1945)
late 1944
1945

 

Variants
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
2674 kg
3400 kg
3759 kg
9.5 m
9.9 m or 11.23 m
22.48 m²
4.25 m
133.5 kg/m²

 

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 × Packard Merlin 266
supercharged V12, liquid cooling, 27 L
1580 hp
532 hp / ton *
554.6 L (internal) + 2 x 64 L drop tank (under wings)

(*) with loaded weight

PERFORMANCES
645km/h
? km/h
? km/h
12 649 m
20.16 m/s
1575 km

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

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