Description
The Spitfire Mk.VI and Mk.VII were high-altitude fighters developed against the high-altitude bombers of the Luftwaffe , but
because the feared enemy bombers were not invading,
the pressurized cabins that were no longer needed were removed and the aircraft was rebuilt
as a regular aircraft. The fighter version was the Spitfire Mk.VIII.
However, due to delays in mass production, the Mk.IX was introduced to replace the Mk.VIII
in order to compete with the Luftwaffe's Fw109A .
The Mk.IX was equipped with minimal improvements to the existing Mk.Vc aircraft and a Merlin 61 engine, and the first mass-produced aircraft was completed in June 1942,
with a total of approximately 5,600 aircraft of each type being produced by June 1945.
The main type of aircraft produced is the low altitude (LF) equipped with a Merlin 66 engine,
followed by the medium altitude (F) with a Marine 61 or 63 engine, which is over 1,000, and
the Merlin 70 high altitude (HF), which is around 600. was.
Initially, the main armament was the C-wing, but
later an E-wing equipped with 20mm cannon x 2 and 12.7mm machine gun x 2 was also adopted, and
the main wings were standard wings and cut-off wings, and
later production aircraft had a rudder. It has been enlarged.
In addition, to make up for the lack of engine supply due to the mass production of the Mk.IX,
the
Mk
. Approximately 1,000 aircraft were produced.
《Data》
Mk.IX Crew: 1 person
Overall width: 11.227m (standard wing)
Overall length: 9.474m (standard rudder)
Overall height: 3.494m
Complete weight: 3,572kg
Engine: Merlin 66km/h (for low altitude)
Output: 1,580hp
Cruising range: 698km
Maximum speed: 650km/h (for low altitude)
Armament (C wing): 20mm machine gun x 2, 7.7mm machine gun x 4/7.7mm machine gun x 8 or 20mm machine gun x 4
