Hobby Master 1:48 Spitfire Mk.IXC MA466/BQ-S – No. 451 Squadron RAAF, Corsica, 1944

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Spitfire Mk IXc MA466/BQ-S, No. 451 (RAAF) Sqn., Corsica, May 1944

The Mk. IX replaced the Mk. V in June 1942 and on September 12, 1942 a Mk. IX brought down a Ju-86R flying at 43,000 feet. Another major achievement of the Mk. IX took place on October 5, 1944 when 401 Squadron became the first allied aircraft to shoot down an Me-262 jet. Even with the arrival of the Griffon powered Mk. XIV the Mk. IX continued in service until the end of WWII. There were 5,665 Mk. IX Spitfires and its variants produced.

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