15015 SE - Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX SPECIAL EDITION (decals)

Topcolors 15 Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX Special Edition – Tomasz Szlagor, Janusz Światłoń – ISBN 978-833-61220-54-1

Two big decal sheets with 1:72, 1:48 and 1:32 individual markings for 20 Spitfires. Each painting scheme is depicted on beautifully drawn colour profiles and described in the 36 page guidebook with English and Polish text. The selection contains the following aircraft:
- Spitfire LF Mk IXc (SM147) coded ‘Z’ of No 73 Sqn RAF, spring 1945,
- Spitfire LF Mk IXe (PV181) coded ‘RAB’, flown by W/Cdr Rolf Arne Berg, the CO of No 132 (Norwegian) Fighter Wing RAF, autumn 1944,
- Spitfire LF Mk IXc (MJ586) coded ‘LO-D’ of No 602 Sqn RAF, flown by S/Lt Pierre Clostermann, late June 1944,
- Spitfire Mk IXc (MJ966) coded ‘GW-B’ of No 340 (Free French) Sqn RAF, flown by S/Chef Denys Boudard, Merston, June 1944,
- Spitfire LF Mk IXc coded ‘WR-F’ of No 40 Sqn SAAF, Italy, December 1944,
- Spitfire LF Mk IXe marked ‘26’ of 101st Squadron of the Israeli Air Force, mid-1949,
- Spitfire LF Mk IXe marked ‘14’ of 101st Squadron of the Israeli Air Force, January 1949,
- Spitfire Mk IXc (EN354) coded ‘WD-W’ of 4th FS / 52nd FG USAAF, flown by Lt. Leonard Helton, Tunisia, June 1943,
- Spitfire LF Mk IXc (MK629) coded ‘HT-V’ of No 154 Sqn RAF; Corsica, summer 1944,
- Spitfire LF Mk IXc (NH571) coded ‘5A-L’ of No 329 (Free French) Sqn RAF (GC I/2 Cigognes), flown by S/Lt Raphael Lombaert, 1944,
- Spitfire Mk IXc (BS403) coded ‘UZ-K’ of No 306 (Polish) Sqn RAF, flown by S/Ldr Kazimierz Rutkowski, January-February 1943,
- Spitfire Mk IXc (BS556) coded ‘RF-G’ of No 303 (Polish) Sqn RAF, flown by F/Lt Zbigniew Zarębski and Sgt Leon Zygarlicki, summer 1943,
- Spitfire LF Mk IXc (MH712) coded ‘WX-D’ of No 302 (Polish) Sqn RAF, flown by W/O Henryk Dygała, late 1944,
- Spitfire Mk IXc (s/n unknown) coded ‘WZ-GJ’, flown by Maj. Garth Jared, the CO of 309th FS / 31st FG USAAF, Italy, January 1944,
- Spitfire Mk IXc (BS394) coded ‘GW-Y’ of No 340 (Free French) Sqn RAF,
- Spitfire LF Mk IXc (MH727) coded ‘JH-T’ of No 317 (Polish) Sqn,
- Spitfire LF Mk IXc (MJ628) coded ‘R du V’, flown by W/Cdr Daniel Le Roy du Vivier, the CO of No 324 Fighter Wing RAF, Italy, May 1944,
- Spitfire Mk IXc (BS430) coded ‘AE-N’, flown by S/Ldr Norman Bretz, the CO of No 402 Sqn RCAF,
- Spitfire HF Mk IXc (ML148) coded ‘RY-A’ of No 313 (Czech) Sqn RAF, Mendlesham, spring 1944,
- Spitfire Mk IXc (EN520) coded ‘FL-A’, flown by S/Ldr Colin Gray, the CO of No 81 Sqn RAF, Tunisia, spring 1943.