Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX Italian Air Force MK805 v1.0

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX Italian Air Force MK805 v1.0

This folder contains a repaint for the Spitfire Mk.IX by FlyingIron, in the colors of Spitfire Mk IXe, ‘MK805’, Italian Air Force Museum, Vigna di Valle, Rome. This aircraft is a survivor of one of the nearly 150 ex-RAF Spitfire Mk IXs operated postwar by the Aeronautica Militare. According to the museum, ‘MK805’ was rebuilt from scrap and accidentally ‘converted’ from a ‘C’ to an ‘E’ wing aircraft when the outboard weapons were faired over during the restoration process. It is currently displayed at the Italian Air Force Museum in a fictitious but representative scheme of Dark Green and Ocean Grey over Medium Sea Grey (with no representation of overpainted RAF insignia on the wings “to avoid confusion for less expert visitors”). Repaint by Jan Kees Blom.