Spitfire Mk.IXc at Biggin Hill Historic Aircraft Centre
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
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New Zealand aircraft owner and restorer, Brendon Deere, is the nephew of famed WW2 Spitfire Ace Al Deere. At his Biggin Hill Historic Aircraft Centre at RNZAF Ohakea in New Zealand, Brendon has a growing collection of warbird aircraft which are kept in immaculate condition.
In this video Brendon talks to HAFU's Allan Udy about the Spitire, his Grumman Avenger, and the aircraft centre.
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What a beautifully restored Spitfire.
Great piece. Love the Greatest Generation war birds.
Al Deeres family! Superb!
Thanks Allan really enjoyed that. I didn't realise they were on base at Ohakea.
Glad you enjoyed it
They've now got the second Hangar open as well. Keep an eye on their Facebook page. :-)
Thanks I'm not on Facebook ,however ,my Dad fought in Northern Italy in the 22nd battalion and have his memoirs hand written.
If you could give me your contact details I would be happy to help in younger than you think
FANTASTIC ! GREAT--- EVERYTHING
Glad you like it!
Just amazing to see such enthusiasm! Job well done Allan, very well indeed, the Spitfire is perfect 👍🏻
Couldn't agree more!
Great interview. Good to get the historical facts behind the a/c. Cheers!
Thanks. :-)
I see Brendon is the nephew of Air Commodore Alan Christopher “Al” Deere, DSO, OBE, DFC & Bar. He certainly looks like him. It looks a terrific restoration of a Mark 9.
Sweet.
Great collection enjoyed this video thanks for sharing 👍🇬🇧
No problem 👍
I think the Curtis P-40 was the consummate WWII fighter, but damn that Spit is beautiful.
Spitfire , el avión formidable el que no permitio a los nazis realizar la operaciones leon marino . Nunca Alemania tuvo la superioridad aérea para invadir Inglaterra . El simboliza la victoria de la batalla de Inglaterra . Primera derrota nazi , el inicio hacia su derrota.total para bien de la humanidad
---and that's, the most important attribute----it distracted the enemy pilots, see. making 'em forget, that it was deadly.
She was the prettiest girl at the ball.
How did they record with smoothness like that?
Gyro stabilised camera system in a helicopter.
Looks like the Avenger was having a BAD oil Leak, by looking at the bottom of the aircraft.
Those old warbirds leak oil like nobody's business - even when sitting on the ground. Those drip trays are present for a reason ;)
@@stickman3214 I am am an A&P Mechanic and work on Warbirds with Round engines from time to time.
That Spit looks like a MK-V....but I am not sure.
Definitely a IXc
Thank you very much!
ARE YOU SURE---YOU ARE PAYING ATTENTION?
The Mark IX was a stop-gap upgrade of the Mark V after the appearance of the Focke-Wulf 190A. The new German aircraft was a game changer and the Mark V Spitfire, which could hold its own with the then current model of the BF-109, was suddenly badly outclassed. In his autobiography, "Nine Lives", Brendon Deere's uncle, Alan Deere, recounted his wing's first engagement with the FW-190. The wing lost eight Spitfires for two 190s claimed, one by Deere.
The Mark VIII Spitfire was under production, but, because of a multitude of design changes, was taking too long to come online and Fighter Command badly needed something to counter the FW-190. The answer was fitting the Merlin 60/70 series engine to the Mark V airframe. This restored parity with the 190 and the "stop-gap" Mark IX turned out to be so successful that it remained in service right to the end of the War. The Mark XVI was simply a Mark IX fitted with the Packard Merlin - all the other Marks from XII on were Griffon powered.
@@MarsFKA Nice summary - well done.