In article >,
Joseph Testagrose > wrote:

> begin 644 UK1 K9906 Supermarine SpitfireMkI 1939.jpg
> [Image]
>
> end

The insignia appears to be much later than 1939 -- it was still the
"bullseye" roundel then.

On 13/12/2011 16:27, Orval Fairbairn wrote:
> In >,
> Joseph > wrote:
>
>> begin 644 UK1 K9906 Supermarine SpitfireMkI 1939.jpg
>> [Image]
>>
>> end
>
> The insignia appears to be much later than 1939 -- it was still the
> "bullseye" roundel then.

The Type A roundel (red-white-blue) was replaced by the Type B
(red-blue) from March to October 1939. The photo, taken shortly before
the war, shows aircraft from No.65 Squadron, then based at Hornchurch.
K9906 was flown by Robert Stanford Tuck.
--
Peter