Category: Spitfire

  • Mk XIX for D-Day

    Spitfire PR XIX, 541 Squadron, RAF, RM643/Z, 1944 This was part of a 2 kit build where I decided to take the two MPM PR XIX kits I had and build one as an early unpressurized type 389 and the other as the pressurized type 390. The Subject By 1944 high altitude PR missions flown…

  • American Hack

    Spitfire F.VIII, JF470/HL*R, 308th FS, 31st FG Italy 1944 The Subject This is an early Mk VIII, first flying in May 1943.  By June it was in North Africa and moved to Fano, Italy in late 1943. According to records, it had the standard Merlin 63, which means it was not an LF.MkVIII even though…

  • NMF Spitfire

    Spitfire F Mk VIII, 307th FS, 31st FG, Italy 1944 This may have been easy, but it still took me 3 months from start to finish! The Subject The 31st Fighter Group used Spitfires for hacks during the last year of the war. As I understand it, they were flying P-51 Mustangs and retained a…