1% - 4GB Spitfire F.Mk IXc (Merlin 61) and LF.MkIXc (Merlin 66) Free Air Forces, Great Britain and Northern Europe.
Spitfire F.Mk IXC (Merlin 61) BS248 AH-O, Captain Olav Djonne, No.332 (Norwegian) Sqn RAF, North Weald, from 17th October 1942.
Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MH417 NL-L, Cdt Rene Mouchotte FAFL, No.341 (Alsace French) Sqn RAF, Biggin Hill, August 1943.
Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MJ291 NN-N, Flg Off Otto Smik, No.310 (Czech) Squadron RAF, Mendelsham, Spring 1944.
Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MJ966 GW-B, Sgt-chef Denys Boudard, No.340 (Ile de France) Squadron RAF, Merston, 6th June 1944.
Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MK265 3W-B, Sqn Ldr LCM Eendenburg, No.322 (Dutch) Squadron RAF, Deanland, September 1944.
Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) ML294 MN-E, No.350 (Belgian) Sqn RAF, Westhampnett, July 1944.
Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) NH214 SZ-G, Wing Cdr Aleksander Gabszewicz, CO No.131 (Polish) Wing RAF, Belgium, late 1944.
Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) NH571 5A-L, No.329 (French) Squadron RAF, Airfield B8, Sommervieu, France, June 1944.
The Spitfire Mk. IX 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 Mk. IX had been developed to counter.
The Mk. IX went on to become the backbone of RAF Fighter Command, and was supplied both during and after the War to numerous countries. The new Merlin 61 engine used a two-stage supercharger to increase power especially at higher altitudes; where the Spitfire MkV's Merlin 45 would produce only 750 hp at 30,000 feet, the Merlin 61 produced 1020. This engine was developed further into the Merlin 66 which was optimized for higher performance at 22,000 feet to match the FW190's best performance height.
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 Merlin 66 LF.Mk IX., or Spitfire Mk. IXB.
Upgrade of the Zuyax/3A Spitfire Mk IXc.
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, Merlin 66 (+18 lbs boost) as appropriate by Rene Leppä.
Skins and some sounds by Nigel Dickinson.
Pylons by Rene Leppä.
Spitfire F.Mk IXC (Merlin 61) BS248 AH-O, Captain Olav Djonne, No.332 (Norwegian) Sqn RAF, North Weald, from 17th October 1942.
Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MH417 NL-L, Cdt Rene Mouchotte FAFL, No.341 (Alsace French) Sqn RAF, Biggin Hill, August 1943.
Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MJ291 NN-N, Flg Off Otto Smik, No.310 (Czech) Squadron RAF, Mendelsham, Spring 1944.
Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MJ966 GW-B, Sgt-chef Denys Boudard, No.340 (Ile de France) Squadron RAF, Merston, 6th June 1944.
Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MK265 3W-B, Sqn Ldr LCM Eendenburg, No.322 (Dutch) Squadron RAF, Deanland, September 1944.
Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) ML294 MN-E, No.350 (Belgian) Sqn RAF, Westhampnett, July 1944.
Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) NH214 SZ-G, Wing Cdr Aleksander Gabszewicz, CO No.131 (Polish) Wing RAF, Belgium, late 1944.
Spitfire LF.Mk IXc (Merlin 66) NH571 5A-L, No.329 (French) Squadron RAF, Airfield B8, Sommervieu, France, June 1944.
The Spitfire Mk. IX 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 Mk. IX had been developed to counter.
The Mk. IX went on to become the backbone of RAF Fighter Command, and was supplied both during and after the War to numerous countries. The new Merlin 61 engine used a two-stage supercharger to increase power especially at higher altitudes; where the Spitfire MkV's Merlin 45 would produce only 750 hp at 30,000 feet, the Merlin 61 produced 1020. This engine was developed further into the Merlin 66 which was optimized for higher performance at 22,000 feet to match the FW190's best performance height.
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 Merlin 66 LF.Mk IX., or Spitfire Mk. IXB.
Upgrade of the Zuyax/3A Spitfire Mk IXc.
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, Merlin 66 (+18 lbs boost) as appropriate by Rene Leppä.
Skins and some sounds by Nigel Dickinson.
Pylons by Rene Leppä.
