Spitfire vs Zero

[Adamski]

Sadly, I have yet to get to this amazing event [Wanaka] ... but I caught this article on the TV3 site: Spitfire and Zero take to the skies again.

It says "A restored Spitfire took on a rare Japanese Zero for the display. The last time the two were in the sky together, they were arch-enemies in combat."

My question is ... did the Spit and Zero actually meet? If so, where, when ... and what mark of Spit would it have been by then?

[Ian Warren]

This time in the Morning .. from Memory ... Darwin , Australia 1942 , i would need to research details but search this area out .

[Naki]

..and also in Burma and probably other areas of the Far East

theres a whole book on it...

http://www.amazon.com/Spitfire-Aces-Burma-...t/dp/1846034221

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Naki @ Apr 5 2010, 09:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

theres a whole book on it...

Yip , I had the Commando The title , cannot remember but hell it was good reading

[K5054NZ]

Burma is what it was all about. Very touching as commentator Jim Hickey's late father flew PR.XIX Spits in Burma and one time had a run-in with three A6Ms. Was a magnificent display and one I had no prior knowledge about at all. Have some passable photos to upload later today.

Never thought, or even dreamed, I would see a Spitfire and Zero together.

[markll]

QUOTE (K5054NZ @ Apr 7 2010, 07:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Burma is what it was all about. Very touching as commentator Jim Hickey's late father flew PR.XIX Spits in Burma and one time had a run-in with three A6Ms. Was a magnificent display and one I had no prior knowledge about at all. Have some passable photos to upload later today.

A PR spit vs 3 zeros???? GULP - don't like those odds! Reminds me of the story about the EF-111 pilot during the first Gulf War who scored a "manouvre kill" - managed to do so well at evading the MiG that was on his tail, that said MiG flew into the ground trying to get the kill!