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Supermarine 361 Spitfire LF9E, Seafire, Reg. G-RYIX, Alternate Serial No. TE517, Military Code. RY-A, Serial No. CBAF.IX.558, Display Paint: Royal Air Force, Supermarine 349 Spitfire LF5C, Reg. G-AWII, Westland, Alternate Serial No. AR501, Military Code DU-E, Serial No. WASP/20/223, Display Paint: Royal Air Force, close-up pilot view, formation, air-to-air, UK Warbirds 2023

In this air‑to‑air formation view at UK Warbirds 2023, a Supermarine Seafire LF9E, civil registration G‑RYIX with alternate serial TE517 and code RY‑A, leads a Supermarine Spitfire LF5C, G‑AWII AR501 DU‑E. Both fighters are painted in Royal Air Force colours. The Seafire, a naval Spitfire variant, and the land‑based Spitfire share single piston engines, multi‑blade propellers and iconic elliptical wings in this close‑up flight photograph.

Created: July 09, 2023 16:33

Author: piemags/Aviation PhotoCrew

Photo size: 14.0 Mpixels (40 MB uncompressed) - 4581x3054 pixels (15.3x10.2 in / 38.8x25.9 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: 2023, Air, aircraft, air‑to‑air, AR501, aviation, British, canopy, CBAF.IX.558, close‑up, combat, demonstration, display, DU‑E, elliptical, engine, fighter, flight, Force, formation, fuselage, G‑AWII, G‑RYIX, heritage, history, LF5C, LF9E, multi‑blade, performance, piston, propeller, Royal, RY‑A, Seafire, single, Spitfire, Supermarine, tailplane, TE517, UK, undercarriage, Warbirds, wing, WWII

Published in: UK Warbirds 2023