1% - 4GB Spitfire Mk.Vc for MAW
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 AR524 4, Groupe de Chasse 1-7 Provence, No.328 Squadron RAF, Taher, Algeria, Spring 1944.
Spitfire Mk Vb Merlin 46 BM185, delivered to USSR via Iran, late March 1943.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 BR195 AN-T, Flt Lt WH Pentland, No.417 Sqn RCAF, Goubrine, Tunisia, April 1943.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 BR214 U-2, No.603 Squadron RAF, Malta, May 1942.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 BR321 GL-J, Flt Lt John Plagis, B Flt No. 185 Sqn RAF, Krendi, Malta, June 1942.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 BR476 QJ-J, Sqn Ldr Jeff Wedgewood, No. 92 Sqn, LG 173, Egypt, August 1942.
Spitfire Mk Vc Merlin 46 BR498 PP-H, Wing Cdr Peter Prosser Hanks, Wing Leader Luqa Wing, Malta, October 1942.
Spitfire Mk Vb(T) Merlin 46 ER640 C, No.2 Squadron Royal Egyptian Air Force, Idku, late March 1945.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 JG873 WD-V, 4th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group USAAF, No.114 M.U., Maison Blanche, Algeria, November 1942.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 JK101 FT-Z, Sqn Ldr Michael Micky Rook, CO No.43 Sqn RAF, Jemmapes, Algeria, March 1943.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 JK102 B, No.336 Hellenic Sqn RAF, Hellenikon, Athens, Greece, November 1944.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 JK226 GZ-A, No.32 Sqn RAF, Araxos, Greece, October 1944.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 JK815 DB-R, No.2 Squadron South African Air Force, Gioia del Colle, Italy, October 1943.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 JK831 M (Slavonac), No.352 Yugoslavian Squadron RAF, Vis, Yugoslavia, Early 1945.
Spitfire Mk Vc Merlin 46 MA282, No.74 Operational Training Unit RAF, Petah Tiqva, Palestine, late 1944.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 50 ME644 BQ-K, No.451 Sqn RAAF, El Daba, Egypt, May 1943.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 55M MH568 G, No.74 Operational Training Unit RAF, Petah Tiqva, Palestine, late 1944.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 55M MH583 E, No.352 Yugoslavian Squadron RAF, Vis, Yugoslavia, Early 1945.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 55 MH584 F, Plt Off Waclaw Nycz, No.318 (City of Gdansk) Sqn RAF, Trigno, Italy, May 1944.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 serial unknown KJ-Z, No.4 Sqn SAAF, Sicily, August 1943.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 serial unknown HL-C, 308th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group USAAF, Italy, Autumn 1943.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 Serial unknown, 20-8, 20th Gruppo, 51st Stormo, Italian Co-belligerent Air Force, Galatina, 1944.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 serial unknown 5531, Turkish Air Force, 1944-45.
While all the above aircraft use the same basic airframe, there are differences in armament fit, carburetor filters and engines. Each production sub-type of the tropicalized Mk.Vc is portrayed here with the exception of the locally-modified Aboukir filter type - which used the same Vokes filter, but did not include the added engine-oil capacity of the standard filter.
Each model accurately reflects these differences, including the fact that the tropicalized versions performed less well than non-tropicalized because of increased drag and slightly increased weight.
We have tried to provide as varied a collection as possible, but in the case of the later aircraft equipped with Merlin 50-series engines, very little information is available. Most of these aircraft were sent direcly to Australia, so examples which served in the Mediterranean, with photographic evidence, are already few and far-between.
All skins are based on photographs rather than profiles, as we have found many profiles to range frpm pure fantasy to simply wildly inaccurate. For your interest, we have included where possible some of the photographs which have inspired this collection.
Upgrade of the Zuyax/3A Spitfire MkVb(T)
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 by Stephan Seybolt and Daniel Holtz.
AvHistory Spitfire Mk.XIV 4.00 Flight Model by gregoryp of AvHistory modified to Mk.V airframe, with Merlin 46, 50, 55 and 55M as appropriate by Rene Leppä.
Skins and some sounds by Nigel Dickinson.
Pylons by Rene Leppä.
Includes updated model for DR2_Spitfire_MkVb_46_KP.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 AR524 4, Groupe de Chasse 1-7 Provence, No.328 Squadron RAF, Taher, Algeria, Spring 1944.
Spitfire Mk Vb Merlin 46 BM185, delivered to USSR via Iran, late March 1943.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 BR195 AN-T, Flt Lt WH Pentland, No.417 Sqn RCAF, Goubrine, Tunisia, April 1943.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 BR214 U-2, No.603 Squadron RAF, Malta, May 1942.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 BR321 GL-J, Flt Lt John Plagis, B Flt No. 185 Sqn RAF, Krendi, Malta, June 1942.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 BR476 QJ-J, Sqn Ldr Jeff Wedgewood, No. 92 Sqn, LG 173, Egypt, August 1942.
Spitfire Mk Vc Merlin 46 BR498 PP-H, Wing Cdr Peter Prosser Hanks, Wing Leader Luqa Wing, Malta, October 1942.
Spitfire Mk Vb(T) Merlin 46 ER640 C, No.2 Squadron Royal Egyptian Air Force, Idku, late March 1945.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 JG873 WD-V, 4th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group USAAF, No.114 M.U., Maison Blanche, Algeria, November 1942.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 JK101 FT-Z, Sqn Ldr Michael Micky Rook, CO No.43 Sqn RAF, Jemmapes, Algeria, March 1943.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 JK102 B, No.336 Hellenic Sqn RAF, Hellenikon, Athens, Greece, November 1944.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 JK226 GZ-A, No.32 Sqn RAF, Araxos, Greece, October 1944.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 JK815 DB-R, No.2 Squadron South African Air Force, Gioia del Colle, Italy, October 1943.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 JK831 M (Slavonac), No.352 Yugoslavian Squadron RAF, Vis, Yugoslavia, Early 1945.
Spitfire Mk Vc Merlin 46 MA282, No.74 Operational Training Unit RAF, Petah Tiqva, Palestine, late 1944.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 50 ME644 BQ-K, No.451 Sqn RAAF, El Daba, Egypt, May 1943.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 55M MH568 G, No.74 Operational Training Unit RAF, Petah Tiqva, Palestine, late 1944.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 55M MH583 E, No.352 Yugoslavian Squadron RAF, Vis, Yugoslavia, Early 1945.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 55 MH584 F, Plt Off Waclaw Nycz, No.318 (City of Gdansk) Sqn RAF, Trigno, Italy, May 1944.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 serial unknown KJ-Z, No.4 Sqn SAAF, Sicily, August 1943.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 serial unknown HL-C, 308th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group USAAF, Italy, Autumn 1943.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 Serial unknown, 20-8, 20th Gruppo, 51st Stormo, Italian Co-belligerent Air Force, Galatina, 1944.
Spitfire Mk Vc(T) Merlin 46 serial unknown 5531, Turkish Air Force, 1944-45.
While all the above aircraft use the same basic airframe, there are differences in armament fit, carburetor filters and engines. Each production sub-type of the tropicalized Mk.Vc is portrayed here with the exception of the locally-modified Aboukir filter type - which used the same Vokes filter, but did not include the added engine-oil capacity of the standard filter.
Each model accurately reflects these differences, including the fact that the tropicalized versions performed less well than non-tropicalized because of increased drag and slightly increased weight.
We have tried to provide as varied a collection as possible, but in the case of the later aircraft equipped with Merlin 50-series engines, very little information is available. Most of these aircraft were sent direcly to Australia, so examples which served in the Mediterranean, with photographic evidence, are already few and far-between.
All skins are based on photographs rather than profiles, as we have found many profiles to range frpm pure fantasy to simply wildly inaccurate. For your interest, we have included where possible some of the photographs which have inspired this collection.
Upgrade of the Zuyax/3A Spitfire MkVb(T)
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 by Stephan Seybolt and Daniel Holtz.
AvHistory Spitfire Mk.XIV 4.00 Flight Model by gregoryp of AvHistory modified to Mk.V airframe, with Merlin 46, 50, 55 and 55M as appropriate by Rene Leppä.
Skins and some sounds by Nigel Dickinson.
Pylons by Rene Leppä.
Includes updated model for DR2_Spitfire_MkVb_46_KP.
