An atmospheric photograph of a Spitfire IX about to take off for a sortie over Cologne in April 1944.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX / XVI - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Spitfire IX MK753 flew for a while with 165 Sqn.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX / XVI - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Опытный "Спитфайр" IX в полете
BF274, the prototype Spitfire IX.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX / XVI - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Три "Сифайра" IB из 736-й эскадрильи
A trio of 736 Sqn Seafire IBs with NX890 in the foreground.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Seafire - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

A heavily censored view of a Seafire II passing low over HMS Indomitable in March 1943.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Seafire - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

BL676, a hooked Mk VB used, for trials aboard HMS Illustrious in January 1942. A month or two later it was completely converted to Seafire IB configuration and re-serialled MB328. The aircraft bears the name Bondowoso.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Seafire - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

BL676, a hooked Mk VB used, for trials aboard HMS Illustrious in January 1942. A month or two later it was completely converted to Seafire IB configuration and re-serialled MB328. The aircraft bears the name Bondowoso.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Seafire - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

Seafire IB MB141 equipped with RATO, two rockets per side in jettisonable containers, in December 1943.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Seafire - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

Seafire IB MB141 equipped with RATO, two rockets per side in jettisonable containers, in December 1943.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Seafire - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

Seafire IIC MA970, powered by a Merlin 48. This trials aircraft later became the prototype Seafire III, in which configuration it first flew on November 2, 1942.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Seafire - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

Опытный "Спитфайр" VI в полете, июль 1941г.
Spitfire I X4942 became the second prototype Spitfire HF Mk VI in July 1941. Extended wingtips increased the span to 40ft 2in.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VI / VII / VIII - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Spitfire VIII JF299.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VI / VII / VIII - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Spitfire VIII JF299. Note the clear-view “teardrop” hood, and the later pointed rudder.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VI / VII / VIII - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Главными отличиями модификации Mk VI были увеличенное крыло, гермокабина и двигатель Merlin 47. Несмотря на возлагаемые на него надежды, самолет в целом оказался неудачным.
That perfect elliptical planform, of the Spitfire wing gave way, albeit briefly, to this - the high-altitude Spitfire VI. Its extended wingtips increased the Spitfire’s span from 36ft 10in to 40ft 2in.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VI / VII / VIII - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VI / VII / VIII - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Also converted from a Mk I was PR.VII X4786. It carried two vertically-mounted F.24 cameras in the rear fuselage.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire PR / FR - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939

An oblique-mounted F.24 camera in one of Benson’s PR Spitfires.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire PR / FR - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939