Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX in RAF Service in North-Western Europe and the Mediterranean — the twentieth volume of the Wingleader Photo Archive photographic series on the most numerous version of the Spitfire with the two-stage Merlin.
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This is a photographic publication for modelers and aviation historians, not a kit. The twentieth volume of the numbered Photo Archive series of the British publisher Wingleader was written by Simon W. Parry and focused on the two areas of operations that the box states: north-western Europe and the Mediterranean.
The Spitfire Mk.IX came about as a quick answer to the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190, which in the spring of 1942 outclassed the Spitfire Mk.V of the day. The solution was simple and effective: a Rolls-Royce Merlin with a two-stage two-speed supercharger and an intercooler was installed in the Mk.V airframe, recognizable by the longer nose and the second radiator under the wing. The stopgap turned out so well that the Mk.IX stayed in production to the end of the war and became one of the most numerous versions of all. According to their altitude role, versions for low, medium and high altitude were distinguished, and they differed precisely in the powerplant.
For modelers who build the Spitfire Mk.IX and need to tell its altitude variants apart, along with the form of the exhausts, the radiators and the cockpit, and the camouflage on two different fronts. It will appeal to readers interested in the wartime development of the Spitfire as well.
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Naši poradci a znalci sortimentu jsou připraveni odpovídat na Vaše dotazy (Po–Pá, 8–18 hod).
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