Aircraft Recognition Chart: Spitfire V (Merlin)

Ministry of Air Production aircraft recognition chart of a Supermarine Spitfire Mark V (Merlin). Issue 1, April 1944.

Aircraft recognition charts were an essential training tool in learning to recognise aircraft. They depicted silhouettes of both allied and enemy aircraft and were used to help military personnel quickly identify whether an aeroplane was friendly or hostile. The Supermarine Spitfire was a single-seat fighter aircraft. The Spitfire Mark V was fitted with a Merlin 45 series engine.