Spitfire Mk.XVI s/n TD147

• Text on print reads… Supermarine Spitfire s/n TD147 | 127 (F) Wing RCAF, 2nd Tactical Air Force | B.154 Schneverdingen - Soltau, Germany c. spring / summer 1945 | personal aircraft of 127 Wing OC Flying, W/C JF “Stocky” Edwards

• This aircraft features in Carl Vincent’s book Canadian Aircraft of WWII where the author presents a brief overview of JF Edwards’ wartime career and the trend of marking personal aircraft with the initials of the commander‘s name.The main narrative is accompanied by 3 photographs and a colour profile illustration of this aircraft, together with that of a captured Fw190F-8 which also carried the same initials.

• W/C JF Edwards also wrote the foreword for that book.