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HA8303	Corgi	Spitfire HF.VIII - Wg Cdr Gibbes, RAAF (800 ONLY) 1/48 Scale	£ 0.00
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	Hobby Master 1/48 Air Power Series HA8303 is this superb 1/48th scale Spitfire HF.VIII A48-502 "Grey Nurse" as piloted by Wing Cdr RH Gibbes of 457 Sqn, RAAF in 1945. Production only 800 worldwide of which hardly any have come to the UK. The Spitfire Mk VIII was developed from the high altitude Mk VII but it was not pressurized. The Mk VIII had 3 variants; the HF High Flying, LF Low Flying and the F were the standard version. There were 1,652 Mk VIIIs built with a large number being sent to the Mediterranean, Eastern Front as well as India, Burma and Australia. RAAF Spitfire A-58-602 was built as an HF.VIII for the RAF with serial MV133. It arrived in Australia on October 25, 1944 but didn’t reach 457 Squadron until January 23, 1945 and was flown by Wing Commander H. R. Gibbes who ended the war with 10 and a quarter victories and 14 probables. The Spitfire Mk. VIII was to going to use the larger Merlin engines so the airframe of the earlier Mk. V had to be redesigned. This kept the new mark from entering service until June 1943. The Mk. VIII was produced in 3 versions; the standard fighter F.VIII with the 1,560 hp Merlin 61; the high altitude fighter HF.VIII with the 1,655hp Merlin 70 and the low altitude fighter LF.VIII with the 1,705 hp Merlin 66. The Mk. VIII was going to be the answer to the Fw-190.

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