1% - 4GB Spitfire F.MkIXc (Merlin 61) and LF.MkIXc (Merlin 66 or Merlin 66 25lbs boost) Royal Air Forces, Great Britain and Nothern Europe.
Spitfire F. Mk IXC (Merlin 61) BS104 YO-R, Flg Off T.K. Ibbotson, No.401 Squadron RCAF, Lympne, Autumn 1942.
Spitfire LF. Mk IXc (Merlin 66) EN554 FY-Y, Sqn Ldr Jack Charles, No.611 Sqn, Biggin Hill, 15th May 1943.
Spitfire LF. Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MH242 SK-A, Sqn Ldr M.E. Blackstone, No.165 Sqn RAF, Lympne, May 1944 - April 1945.
Spitfire LF. Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MJ239 LO-B, Flt Lt Ken Charney, No.602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn, No.125 Wing, 2 TAF, Ford, June 1944.
Spitfire LF. Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MJ502 OU-L Prince Tungi Tonga II, No.485 Squadron RNZAF, Drem, Scotland, January 1944.
Spitfire LF. Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MK126 5J-G, No.126 Squadron RAF, Culmhead and Harrowbeer, Spring-Summer 1944.
Spitfire LF. Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MK355 FU-H, Flg Off Vernon Lancaster, No.453 Sqn RAAF, Airfield B11, Longues-sur-Mer, June 1944.
Spitfire LF. Mk IXc (Merlin 66 +25 lbs boost) NH346 LK-M. No.87 Squadron RAF, Zeltweg, Austria 1946.
Spitfire LF. Mk IXc (Merlin 66) NH432 OU-D, No.485 Squadron RNZAF, No.135 Airfield, Summer 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 Mk V'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. 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 personalized 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, Merlin 66 (+18 lbs boost) and Merlin 66 (+25 lbs boost) as appropriate by Rene Leppä.
Skins and some sounds by Nigel Dickinson.
Pylons by Rene Leppä
Spitfire F. Mk IXC (Merlin 61) BS104 YO-R, Flg Off T.K. Ibbotson, No.401 Squadron RCAF, Lympne, Autumn 1942.
Spitfire LF. Mk IXc (Merlin 66) EN554 FY-Y, Sqn Ldr Jack Charles, No.611 Sqn, Biggin Hill, 15th May 1943.
Spitfire LF. Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MH242 SK-A, Sqn Ldr M.E. Blackstone, No.165 Sqn RAF, Lympne, May 1944 - April 1945.
Spitfire LF. Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MJ239 LO-B, Flt Lt Ken Charney, No.602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn, No.125 Wing, 2 TAF, Ford, June 1944.
Spitfire LF. Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MJ502 OU-L Prince Tungi Tonga II, No.485 Squadron RNZAF, Drem, Scotland, January 1944.
Spitfire LF. Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MK126 5J-G, No.126 Squadron RAF, Culmhead and Harrowbeer, Spring-Summer 1944.
Spitfire LF. Mk IXc (Merlin 66) MK355 FU-H, Flg Off Vernon Lancaster, No.453 Sqn RAAF, Airfield B11, Longues-sur-Mer, June 1944.
Spitfire LF. Mk IXc (Merlin 66 +25 lbs boost) NH346 LK-M. No.87 Squadron RAF, Zeltweg, Austria 1946.
Spitfire LF. Mk IXc (Merlin 66) NH432 OU-D, No.485 Squadron RNZAF, No.135 Airfield, Summer 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 Mk V'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. 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 personalized 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, Merlin 66 (+18 lbs boost) and Merlin 66 (+25 lbs boost) as appropriate by Rene Leppä.
Skins and some sounds by Nigel Dickinson.
Pylons by Rene Leppä
