1% - 4GB Spitfire F.MkIXc (Merlin 61 and 63) Early production models, RAF, RCAF and RAAF, Great Britain
Spitfire F.Mk IXC (Merlin 61) BR581 SH-Z, Sqn Ldr Wilfred Duncan-Smith, CO No.64 Sqn RAF, Hornchurch, June - August 1942.
Spitfire F.Mk IXC (Merlin 61) BR600 SH-V, Flt Lt Donald Kingaby, No.64 Sqn RAF, Hornchurch, 30th July 1942.
Spitfire F.Mk IXC (Merlin 61) BS400 FU-X, No.453 Sqn RAAF, Hornchurch, April - June 1943.
Spitfire F.Mk IXC (Merlin 61) BS430 AE-N, Sqn Ldr Norm Bretz, No.402 Squadron RCAF, Kenley, Summer 1942.
Spitfire F.Mk IXC (Merlin 61) BS451 FY-V, No.611 Squadron RAF, Biggin Hill, September 1942 - July 1943.
Spitfire F.Mk IXc (Merlin 63) EN398 JE-J, Wing Cdr J.E. Johnnie Johnson, No. 127 Wing RCAF, Kenley, Spring-Summer 1943.
Spitfire F.Mk IXc (Merlin 63) MA586 AU-M, No.421 Squadron RCAF, Kenley, October 1943.
Spitfire F.Mk IXc (Merlin 63) MH822 SK-Y, No.165 Squadron, Culmhead, October 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 Steve Seybolt, painted by John Whelan.
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 F.Mk IXC (Merlin 61) BR581 SH-Z, Sqn Ldr Wilfred Duncan-Smith, CO No.64 Sqn RAF, Hornchurch, June - August 1942.
Spitfire F.Mk IXC (Merlin 61) BR600 SH-V, Flt Lt Donald Kingaby, No.64 Sqn RAF, Hornchurch, 30th July 1942.
Spitfire F.Mk IXC (Merlin 61) BS400 FU-X, No.453 Sqn RAAF, Hornchurch, April - June 1943.
Spitfire F.Mk IXC (Merlin 61) BS430 AE-N, Sqn Ldr Norm Bretz, No.402 Squadron RCAF, Kenley, Summer 1942.
Spitfire F.Mk IXC (Merlin 61) BS451 FY-V, No.611 Squadron RAF, Biggin Hill, September 1942 - July 1943.
Spitfire F.Mk IXc (Merlin 63) EN398 JE-J, Wing Cdr J.E. Johnnie Johnson, No. 127 Wing RCAF, Kenley, Spring-Summer 1943.
Spitfire F.Mk IXc (Merlin 63) MA586 AU-M, No.421 Squadron RCAF, Kenley, October 1943.
Spitfire F.Mk IXc (Merlin 63) MH822 SK-Y, No.165 Squadron, Culmhead, October 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 Steve Seybolt, painted by John Whelan.
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.
