Spitfire Mk V - Cockpit Photo Tour

Take a look at five great Spitfire Mk.V Cockpits in our Photo Tour.
Whether you are a Spitfire enthusiast or modeller, you’ll find some great detail here.
Thanks must be given to the following superb organisations for their kind support when Bryan Atkinson originally developed The Spitfire Mk V Explored PC CD-ROM back in 2005, all are listed below and are included once again in this series of videos.
Spitfire Mk.Vb, AB910. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
Spitfire Mk.Vb, BL614. Royal Air Force Museum, London.
Spitfire Mk.Vb, BM597. The Historic Aircraft Collection.
Spitfire Mk.Vb, EP120. The Fighter Collection.
Spitfire Mk.Vc, AR501. The Shuttleworth Collection.
The Imperial War Museum, Duxford.
The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust.
The National Archives, London.
The material contained in this video is intended for historical, reference and entertainment value only, and is not to be construed as usable for aircraft or component restoration, maintenance, or use.
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Table of Contents:
00:00 - Introduction
00:48 - Spitfire Mk.Vb, EP120
04:08 - Spitfire Mk.Vb, BM597
07:28 - Spitfire Mk.Vc, AR501
10:56 - Spitfire Mk.Vb, AB910
14:25 - Spitfire Mk.Vb, BL614

[@tomkroebel4936]

For me as a scale modeler these photos where incredible useful for detaiiling! Keep the good work up!

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks for your superb videos. I build a lot of model kits (currently the 1:24 scale Spitfire from Airfix) and your videos are a fantastic source of reference material covering many things that the instructions miss out. Really appreciate the time and effort you put into them.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thank you, I'm so glad you like them!

[@ZevangBSB]

Great job!

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Mors_Inimicis]

Another superb video. These videos are like the walk around books modellers use for reference only better. It was interesting to see a selection of mark V’s to make a comparison.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@HSvedberg]

Sir, thank you for doing this! I am amazed...

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@davegoldsmith4020]

Another great video- In the 70's BL614 was at RAF Colerne, While on BBMF I removed the undercarriage mounting pintles to replace those cracked on AB910, The actual undercarriage Oleo's were actually filled with concrete, as they were in such a poor state.

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for sharing Dave, very interesting

[@FlywithMagnar]

Very inspiring soundtrack!

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Glad you liked it!

[@AvidTrainer]

Fantastic. Thank you so much Brian. If you ever have the chance to do a video like this on a Mk.VIII... ;)

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for the idea!

[@nigelthomson4387]

Excellent videos and as the previous person mentioned I am building the Airfix 1/24 Spitfire MK1V and trying to determine the correct period seat details, primarily the colour?

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

My photos of the seat illustrate how it looked. I hope it proves helpful to you. Thanks

[@jamesmorse959]

Hi Brian, thanks for the videos, very good. One question, from the pictures, it seems that some Mk V models had the internal bulletproof windscreen whilst others have the older external screen and curved plexiglass quarterlights. I had always thought that the internal and more streamlined windscreen came in with the Mk V. Can you clarify. Thanks

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

Thanks for your feedback, I'm pleased you like my videos. The external windscreen in my photographs is fitted to the Historic Aircraft Collection's BM597 and is the earlier version of the windscreen. Later Mk.Vs, such as AR501 were fitted with the internal more streamlined version. If you take a look at my video covering the Spitfire Mk.V's Fuselage, near the beginning is an explanation and two AP diagrams, showing the internal and external versions. I hope this helps. Thanks for watching.

[@bento675]

Where is pluging the pins of radio Helmet ?

[@ukaircraftexplored6556]

The pilot's microphone / telephone socket is fitted on the right-hand side of the pilot's seat.