SPITFIRE IX : LATEST MODEL OF FAMOUS BRITISH FIGHTER BEATS GERMANY'S FOCKE WULF 190 - Spitfire IX, latest improved model of the famous British fighter, proves itself more than match for the fastest Axis fighter types. Spitfire IX is fitted with Rolls Royce Merlin engine and is a little longer in the nose than the earlier model. She has a four- bladed airscrew, two radiators under the wings, a long range tank under the centre section, and is formidably armed with two cannon and four machine guns. Her dimension and performance details are not released. (Picture issued 1943) A formation of Spitfi
SPITFIRE IX : LATEST MODEL OF FAMOUS BRITISH FIGHTER BEATS GERMANY'S FOCKE WULF 190 - Spitfire IX, latest improved model of the famous British fighter, proves itself more than match for the fastest Axis fighter types. Spitfire IX is fitted with Rolls Royce Merlin engine and is a little longer in the nose than the earlier model. She has a four- bladed airscrew, two radiators under the wings, a long range tank under the centre section, and is formidably armed with two cannon and four machine guns. Her dimension and performance details are not released. (Picture issued 1943) A formation of Spitfire IX fighters of Fighter command returning to a South of England base after a sweep over enemy occupied territory Royal Air Force
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