Talk:List of surviving Supermarine Spitfires
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Table of totals
editI added a table with counts for the different conditions stated. (I counted three for Burma and just one for Serbia.) The headings: Restoration under New Zealand and Stored under Norway should probably be altered to match the rest and the table adjusted accordingly. — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 15:22, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
- Updated the totals. Changed one of the headings so that there is now only three different headings.
- Perhaps
Restoration / Stored (Not on Public Display)
could be reduced toRestoration / Stored
? — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 09:59, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Wrecked Spitfires
editI had an idea for the wiki page but I don't know if it's good or not.
I was looking through some sources and found that a number of civilian Spitfires were wrecked from the very early days and even some as warbirds or museum pieces. I'm wondering if I can add a section for Spitfires that were wrecked in some way (crashed or ground fire are examples) which doesn't have an end fate properly described. This would include Spitfires like BS464 and MK297, both were wrecked in separate hangar fires in the 1990s with no proper end fate listed or any rebuilds announced. Spitfires like TP298 wouldn't count because sources say the wreckage has been stored on the Isle of Wight (that one has a definite fate listed). I'm also wondering if I could add a section for scrapped civilian Spitfires, like the four Spitfires which were operated in The Netherlands and all scrapped after their accidents in the 1950s.
Let me know if this is a good idea for the page
Thanks, Spitfirepilot19
P.S Here's another thing for it. I'm aware of a Spitfire or two which are known to survive as WWII wrecks but have not been recovered from their resting places. That could be another idea for this new section I'm proposing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spitfirepilot19 (talk • contribs)
- As these are not "surviving Spitfires" I would suggest these proposed lists would be "out of scope" for this page, but is there enough info and refs to create new articles on those? - Ahunt (talk) 12:50, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
- Clearly out of scope. This list is about current survivors - "this article lists individual aircraft known to still exist."Perdikos (talk) 11:37, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
- If there was a particularly notable Spitfire that survived, had a career post-military, but was recently lost, that might be worth adding but case by case.
- What could be good content is something on the change in numbers flying or in museums. I get the impression the number of surviving flyers is going up. GraemeLeggett (talk) 12:03, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
NH357, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
editThis tweet shows the existence of "NH357" at Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Can we find a reliable source and add the entry to the list? Mjroots (talk) 11:26, 16 September 2022 (UTC)