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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, air-to-air, UK Warbirds 2023

This air‑to‑air close‑up shows a Supermarine Spitfire LF5C fighter at UK Warbirds 2023. The aircraft, civil registration G‑AWII with alternate serial AR501 and military code DU‑E, is in Royal Air Force display colours. The single‑seat, single‑engine World War II era fighter is powered by a Rolls‑Royce Merlin piston engine driving a four‑blade propeller. The photo highlights the cockpit canopy, slender wing planform and streamlined fuselage against a clear sky.

Created: July 09, 2023 17:13

Author: piemags/Aviation PhotoCrew

Photo size: 37.4 Mpixels (107 MB uncompressed) - 7488x4992 pixels (25x16.6 in / 63.4x42.3 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: 2023, Air, aircraft, air‑to‑air, AR501, aviation, canopy, clear, close‑up, cockpit, design, display, DU‑E, engine, fighter, flight, Force, four‑blade, fuselage, G‑AWII, heritage, history, LF5C, Merlin, performance, piston, planform, propeller, Rolls‑Royce, Royal, single‑seat, sky, Spitfire, streamlined, structure, Supermarine, tailplane, UK, undercarriage, vintage, Warbirds, wing, WWII

Published in: UK Warbirds 2023