Early production models, Allied Forces 1% - 4GB Spitfire F.MkIXc (Merlin 61 and 63) Allied and Free Forces, Great Britain.
Spitfire Mk IXC BR640 MV-D (Merlin 61) Plt Off Charles A. Cook, No.133 Eagle Squadron RAF - No.366 Fighter Squadron USAAF, Great Sampford, 26th September 1942. (2 versions)
Spitfire Mk IXC BS126 NN-Z (Merlin 61) Flt Sgt Josef Prokopec, No.310 (Czech) Sqn RAF, North Weald, September 1944.
Spitfire Mk IXC BS143 FN-N (Merlin 61) No.331 (Norwegian) Sqn RAF, 16-08-1942 - 29-11-1942, North Weald and Manston.
Spitfire Mk IXC BS456 UZ-Z (Merlin 61) Flt Lt Jozef Zulikowski, No.306 (Torunski Polish) Sqn RAF, Northolt, late 1942.
Spitfire Mk IXC BS458 DU-F Turf Club 2 (Merlin 61) 2Lt A.C. Gaydos USAAF, No.312 (Czech) Sqn RAF, Bradwell Bay, late 1944.
Spitfire Mk IXC BS548 GW-B (Merlin 61) No.340 (Ile de France) Sqn RAF, Biggin Hill, November 1942.
Spitfire Mk IXC EN172 RF-J (Merlin 61) No.303 (Kosciuszko Polish) Sqn RAF, Northolt, Summer 1943.
Spitfire Mk IXc MH323 WX-K (Merlin 63) Flg Offs Franciszek Wiza and Erazm Wardzinski, No.302 (Poznanski Polish) Squadron RAF, Northolt, late 1943.
The Spitfire MkIX was introduced in the early summer of 1942, and scored its first kill in the hands of Flt Lt Donald Kingaby of No.64 Squadron on 30th July 1942 over Boulogne in Northern France - an FW190, precisely the aircraft the MkIX had been developed to counter.
The MkIX went on to become the backbone of RAF Fighter Command, and was supplied both during and after the War to numerous countries. The new engine used a two-stage supercharger to increase power especially at higher altitudes; where the Spitfire MkVs Merlin 45 would produce only 750 hp at 30,000 feet, the new Merlin 61 produced 1020. This engine was developed further into a number of specialised versions with improved performance at all levels.
Aircraft fitted with the Merlin Mk.61 or 63 were widely referred to within the RAF as the Spitfire Mk.IXA. This has nothing whatsoever to do with the armament fit and served only to distinguish it from the later LF.MkIX, or Spitfire Mk.IXB.
Bear in mind that the vast majority of Spitfires were not assigned to individual pilots and were therefore used as needed according to availability. This means that very few aircraft bore any personal markings or artwork of any sort, and those few which did tended to be those used by flight leaders or above. The typical working Spitfire did not carry personalised artwork.
Upgrade of the Zuyax/3A Spitfire MkIXc.
Credits: Model by Zuyax/Three Aces, tweaked and updated by Rene Leppä.
Cockpit By Stephan Seybolt, Daniel Holtz, Clive Morley, Rob Stevenson and John Whelan, modified to Mk IX standard by Stephan Seybolt and Daniel Holtz.
AvHistory Spitfire Mk.XIV 4.00 Flight Model by gregoryp of AvHistory modified to Mk.IX airframe, Merlin 61 and Merlin 63 standard by Rene Leppä.
Skins and some sounds by Nigel Dickinson.
Pylons by Rene Leppä
Spitfire Mk IXC BR640 MV-D (Merlin 61) Plt Off Charles A. Cook, No.133 Eagle Squadron RAF - No.366 Fighter Squadron USAAF, Great Sampford, 26th September 1942. (2 versions)
Spitfire Mk IXC BS126 NN-Z (Merlin 61) Flt Sgt Josef Prokopec, No.310 (Czech) Sqn RAF, North Weald, September 1944.
Spitfire Mk IXC BS143 FN-N (Merlin 61) No.331 (Norwegian) Sqn RAF, 16-08-1942 - 29-11-1942, North Weald and Manston.
Spitfire Mk IXC BS456 UZ-Z (Merlin 61) Flt Lt Jozef Zulikowski, No.306 (Torunski Polish) Sqn RAF, Northolt, late 1942.
Spitfire Mk IXC BS458 DU-F Turf Club 2 (Merlin 61) 2Lt A.C. Gaydos USAAF, No.312 (Czech) Sqn RAF, Bradwell Bay, late 1944.
Spitfire Mk IXC BS548 GW-B (Merlin 61) No.340 (Ile de France) Sqn RAF, Biggin Hill, November 1942.
Spitfire Mk IXC EN172 RF-J (Merlin 61) No.303 (Kosciuszko Polish) Sqn RAF, Northolt, Summer 1943.
Spitfire Mk IXc MH323 WX-K (Merlin 63) Flg Offs Franciszek Wiza and Erazm Wardzinski, No.302 (Poznanski Polish) Squadron RAF, Northolt, late 1943.
The Spitfire MkIX was introduced in the early summer of 1942, and scored its first kill in the hands of Flt Lt Donald Kingaby of No.64 Squadron on 30th July 1942 over Boulogne in Northern France - an FW190, precisely the aircraft the MkIX had been developed to counter.
The MkIX went on to become the backbone of RAF Fighter Command, and was supplied both during and after the War to numerous countries. The new engine used a two-stage supercharger to increase power especially at higher altitudes; where the Spitfire MkVs Merlin 45 would produce only 750 hp at 30,000 feet, the new Merlin 61 produced 1020. This engine was developed further into a number of specialised versions with improved performance at all levels.
Aircraft fitted with the Merlin Mk.61 or 63 were widely referred to within the RAF as the Spitfire Mk.IXA. This has nothing whatsoever to do with the armament fit and served only to distinguish it from the later LF.MkIX, or Spitfire Mk.IXB.
Bear in mind that the vast majority of Spitfires were not assigned to individual pilots and were therefore used as needed according to availability. This means that very few aircraft bore any personal markings or artwork of any sort, and those few which did tended to be those used by flight leaders or above. The typical working Spitfire did not carry personalised artwork.
Upgrade of the Zuyax/3A Spitfire MkIXc.
Credits: Model by Zuyax/Three Aces, tweaked and updated by Rene Leppä.
Cockpit By Stephan Seybolt, Daniel Holtz, Clive Morley, Rob Stevenson and John Whelan, modified to Mk IX standard by Stephan Seybolt and Daniel Holtz.
AvHistory Spitfire Mk.XIV 4.00 Flight Model by gregoryp of AvHistory modified to Mk.IX airframe, Merlin 61 and Merlin 63 standard by Rene Leppä.
Skins and some sounds by Nigel Dickinson.
Pylons by Rene Leppä
