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1/48 Supermarine Spitfire TR.9

Airfix has announced the arrival of a brand new release:

Another Spitfire one might ask? But this isn’t just any Spitfire. It is none other than the 1:48 scale two- seater variant!

With so many airworthy two-seat Spitfires currently offering members of the public once-in-a- lifetime flight experience opportunities around the country, it’s interesting that every Spitfire T.9 started as a single-seat fighter, either a Mk.VIII or more commonly, a Mk.IX.

Also, despite the Spitfire being arguably the most famous fighting aeroplane in history, with over 20,000 aircraft eventually produced, no official two-seat training variants were produced during the Second World War.

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A post-war phenomenon, the current fleet of Spitfire TR.9s is helping to preserve the legacy of this magnificent aircraft.

Marking Schemes

Scheme A: Supermarine Spitfire Tr.9, B Flight, Irish Air Corps / An tAerchór, Baldonnel Aerodrome, Dublin, Republic of Ireland/Poblacht na hÉireann, 1951.

Scheme B: Supermarine Spitfire Tr.9, Iver, Buckinghamshire, England, 1969.

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